slips up

present tense third-person singular of slip up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of slips up At Baku, however, the car looks to be a podium contender, potentially fighting for the win if McLaren slips up. Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025 Along the way Texas needs to hope Seattle slips up, or else that final weekend in Cleveland could wind up being meaningless. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025 Nobody notices when the bassist slips up. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slips up
Verb
  • According to a recent holiday travel report from Google Flights, the average price of airline tickets tends to be at its lowest for domestic Thanksgiving trips 39 days before departure.
    Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There are ghosts and spirits, horror episodes, trips back into the ‘70s, the odd touch of a Western.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Iain also makes a good-looking tart with raspberries and white chocolate (gag) on the top but then somehow fumbles it while trying to put it on his display stand.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
  • While both teams were in position to flip some results, the Ravens have to feel a little snakebitten with how their games have played out, including a couple of fourth-quarter Derrick Henry fumbles.
    Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But there have been some career stumbles recently, a superhero disappointment in particular, that must have complicated Johnson’s conception of his remarkable career.
    Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Wallen then stumbles to his feet in the middle of the road, as rain pours down, with close-up images showing Wallen in tattered clothes and covered in scrapes and cuts.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ego screws up most of the things in this life.
    Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Slips up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slips%20up. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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