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slips up

slips up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 slips up

What is slips up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Slips up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slip up.

Words near slips up in the dictionary

  1. slips through someone's fingers
  2. slips through the cracks
  3. slips through the net
  4. slips under
  5. slips under the radar
  6. slips up
  7. slipsheet
  8. slipsheets
  9. slipshod
  10. slipshoddiness
  11. slipshoddy

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