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slip-up

[slip-uhp]
–noun
a mistake, blunder, or oversight: Several slip-ups caused a delay in the delivery of the books.

Origin:
1850–55; n. use of v. phrase slip up


error, lapse, bungle.
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slip-up   (slĭp'ŭp')
n.  An error; an oversight.
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