Synonyms for slip up

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : slip-uhp

Phonetic Transcription : ˈslɪpˌʌp

Top 10 synonyms for slip up

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Définition of slip up

Origin : early 14c., "to escape, to move softly and quickly," from an unrecorded Old English word or cognate Middle Low German slippen "to glide, slide," from Proto-Germanic *slipan (cf. Old High German slifan, Middle Dutch slippen, German schleifen "to glide, slide"), from PIE *sleib-, from root *(s)lei- "slimy, sticky, slippery" (see slime (n.)).
From mid-14c. with senses "lose one's footing," "slide out of place," "fall into error or fault." Sense of "pass unguarded or untaken" is from mid-15c. That of "slide, glide" is from 1520s. Transitive sense from 1510s; meaning "insert surreptitiously" is from 1680s. Related: Slipped; slipping. To slip up "make a mistake" is from 1855; to slip through the net "evade detection" is from 1902.

As in indiscretion : noun mistake
As in lapse : noun mistake
As in slip : noun error, goof
As in blunder : noun mistake
As in fault : noun blame, sin; mistake
As in miscalculate : verb make a mistake
As in mistake : verb mix up, misunderstand
As in overlook : verb disregard, neglect
As in slip : verb err
As in trip : verb fall, err
As in blunder : verb make mistake
As in misestimate : verb miscalculate
As in misreckon : verb miscalculate
As in err : verb make a mistake; do wrong
As in flounder : verb struggle; be in the dark

Example sentences :

Slip up on your job and she'll be down on you like a thousand of brick.
Extract from : « Walter and the Wireless » by Sara Ware Bassett

"That's where you slip up, Nell," said Hamlin imperturbably.
Extract from : « Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation and Other Stories » by Bret Harte

When this has been accomplished, the centre block will slip up and down.
Extract from : « The Boy Craftsman » by A. Neely Hall

Nine-tenths of the people who do this slip up on that banana peel.
Extract from : « A New Sensation » by Albert Ross

Do you want to know how I do when they try to slip up on me from behind?
Extract from : « Penrod » by Booth Tarkington

It should be fastened to a knot in the gut, so that it may not slip up and down.
Extract from : « Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do » by Anonymous

He turned to slip up the beach again, and found Blaise at his side.
Extract from : « The Secret Cache » by E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill

You slip up and get a bite and a cup of tea; then you can relieve me.
Extract from : « Under the Star-Spangled Banner » by F. S. Brereton

Were not through here yet and I dont want the scheme to slip up.
Extract from : « On Your Mark! » by Ralph Henry Barbour

The convoy is to start from the crest, so you might slip up and see what can be done.
Extract from : « A Gallant Grenadier » by F.S. Brereton

Antonyms for slip up

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