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.
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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.
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Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
14 Sep. 2025
Nobody notices when the bassist slips up.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
9 Aug. 2025
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
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Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way.
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Longer trips sail to Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico.
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Tensions between the galley and the interior continue to escalate over lunch service, when a radio mishap fumbles the order in which the food should go out.
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The movie fumbles the chance to do something arresting with this seminal period in art.
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In it, the man stumbles around, blinded by the sun, surrounded by insensible tourists.
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The conversation stumbles on for a few moments, but Crook can’t find the words.
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But what really screws up Julia are the deliveries.
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Kyle tries to jump up the wall, lands awkwardly, and screws up his ankle.
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“Slips up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slips%20up. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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