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slipped up

slipped up is the simple past and past participle of slip up.

Meaning of slip up

Verb

slip up (third-person singular simple present slips up, present participle slipping up, simple past and past participle slipped up)

  1. (idiomatic) To err, falter; to make a mistake, especially a seemingly small error.
    • I hope I don't slip up during my presentation.
    Synonyms:
    boggle
  2. 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.2021 April 23, John Currie, chapter 5, in Sound and Affect: Voice, Music, World, page 135

Questions about slipped up

What is slipped up the simple past and past participle of?
Slipped up is the simple past and past participle of slip up.

Words near slipped up in the dictionary

  1. slipped through someone's fingers
  2. slipped through the cracks
  3. slipped through the net
  4. slipped under
  5. slipped under the radar
  6. slipped up
  7. slipper
  8. slipper animalcule
  9. slipper animalcules
  10. slipper chair
  11. slipper chairs

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