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

Standard rooms already feel generous by Vegas standards, and suites step up to apartment-like layouts, with separate living areas that make longer stays or work trips more comfortable.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
An agent holding valid credentials, performing thousands of plausible-looking actions across four days, trips neither alarm.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of trips

Verb

Shortly after, a young man stumbles towards Pat from the direction of the pub, rubbing his eyes in disbelief.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Mitchell’s own imitation of Spielbergian life, despite its meticulous re-creation (and gleeful destruction) of eighties suburbia, stumbles into an uncanny valley between sincerity and cynicism, between unintentional comedy and deliberate homage.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026