slip someone's mind

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slip someone's mind

verb slips someone's mind · slipping someone's mind · slipped someone's mind

  1. idiomatic To be forgotten by someone; to escape someone's memory. I meant to call her today, but it completely slipped my mind.

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@misc{slip_someone_s_mind_2026,
  title = {slip someone's mind},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slip%20someone's%20mind},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}