"slip up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-slip up.ogg Forms: slips up [present, singular, third-person], slipping up [participle, present], slipped up [participle, past], slipped up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slip up (third-person singular simple present slips up, present participle slipping up, simple past and past participle slipped up)
  1. (idiomatic) To err, falter; to make a mistake, especially a seemingly small error. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to make a mistake): допускам грешка (dopuskam greška) (Bulgarian), impappinarsi (Italian), dar un paso en falso (Spanish), tabba sig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-slip_up-en-verb-of~WgEA- Disambiguation of 'to make a mistake': 91 9
  2. To lose ones footing; to slip. Derived forms: slip-up [noun], slipup [noun]
    Sense id: en-slip_up-en-verb-NCe2tVaO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 24 76 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 84

Inflected forms

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