Thesaurus results for SLIPS UP

slips up

verb

present tense third-person singular of slip up

as in trips

to make a mistake if you slip up in copying the data, the final result will of course be wrong

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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

Off property but on land, the hotel can help arrange zip-lining, an aerial tram ride, trips into town with stops at museums or for shopping and meals, and more.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
This effectively reduces the Platinum status requirement to 130,000 TQPs and makes earning unlimited Companion Pass trips a bit easier.

— Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of trips

Verb

As the newest guy in the ensemble (tied with Gladys’s baby), former Evan Hansen Taylor Trensch joins a main cast packed with Broadway legends, gets his bag, and immediately fumbles the family’s luggage.

— The Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
So the associate who fumbles a membership conversation doesn’t need a lecture.

— Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of fumbles

Verb

The horse stumbles, trapping Galadriel underneath as the figure, a ring-wearing nazgnagôl, strides toward her.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
This year, a gaunt, ravenous stranger stumbles out of the dark carrying something that eats its hosts from the inside out.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2026