slip up

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slip up

verb slips up · slipping up · slipped up

idiomatic To err, falter; to make a mistake, especially a seemingly small error. I hope I don't slip up during my presentation.
Similar: boggle
To lose ones footing; to slip. […]when we witness someone caught up in their own self-importance slip up on a banana peel, we come to a more humble idea of who we are; comedy, in such a formulation, is on the side of human finitude.

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verb to make a mistake

Español	dar un paso en falso
Italiano	impappinarsi

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@misc{slip_up_2026,
  title = {slip up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slip%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}