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slip (up) definition


  1. in.
    to make an error. : Don't slip up and pay this bill twice, please.
  2. n.
    and slip(-up). an error. : That was a silly slip-up. I'm sorry.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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slip

In addition to the idioms beginning with slip, also see give the slip; let slip.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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