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slipping up

slipping up is the present participle and gerund 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 slipping up

What is slipping up the present participle and gerund of?
Slipping up is the present participle and gerund of slip up.

Words near slipping up in the dictionary

  1. slipping through someone's fingers
  2. slipping through the cracks
  3. slipping through the net
  4. slipping under
  5. slipping under the radar
  6. slipping up
  7. slippingly
  8. slippings
  9. slippy
  10. slippy map
  11. slippy maps

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