slip

slip up

1. verb To blunder; to make a mistake or an error. I think I slipped up and sent the check to the wrong address. Wow, it looks like the accountants must have really slipped up this time.
2. verb To interfere with someone or their ability to do something; to cause someone to make a mistake or an error. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "slip" and "up." I have to concentrate while I do this, so please don't talk and slip me up! She always uses intimidation tactics to try to slip up her opponents.
3. noun A minor mistake, blunder, or mishandling. In this usage, the phrase is often hyphenated. He's had one too many slip-ups in the office, so I think we have to let him go. He was overcharged due to a slip up on our end.
See also: slip, up

the slip

slang An escape or evasion. Used especially in the phrase "give someone the slip." The burglar gave us the slip for now, but we're still in pursuit.
See also: slip
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

slip

verb
See slip up
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (one's) mask slips
  • a Freudian slip
  • a slip of a
  • a slip of a boy, girl, etc.
  • a slip of the pen
  • a slip of the tongue
  • a slip of the tongue/pen
  • be slipping
  • every slip is not a fall
  • fall through the cracks
  • Freudian slip
  • get (one's) pink slip
  • get a pink slip
  • give (one) the pink slip
  • give (one) the slip
  • Give me five!
  • Give me some skin!
  • give somebody the slip
  • give someone the slip
  • give the slip
  • let (someone or something) slip through (one's) fingers
  • let (something) slip
  • let it slip
  • let slip
  • let slip away
  • let slip by
  • let slip something
  • let something slip
  • let something slip through your fingers
  • let the chance slip by
  • live payslip to payslip
  • many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, there's
  • nip slip
  • pink slip
  • pink-slipped
  • roll/slip/trip off the tongue
  • slip
  • slip (one) a Mickey (Finn)
  • slip (one) five
  • slip (one) some skin
  • slip (one's) memory
  • slip (one's) mind
  • slip (one's) trolley
  • slip (something) past (one)
  • slip (something) to (one)
  • slip a cog
  • slip a Mickey
  • slip across
  • slip around
  • slip away
  • slip back
  • slip beneath the/(one's) radar
  • slip between the cracks
  • slip by
  • slip down
  • slip five
  • slip from
  • slip from (something)
  • slip in
  • slip into
  • slip into (something or some place)
  • slip into (something)
  • slip into something more comfortable
  • slip it to (one)
  • slip me five
  • Slip me five!
  • slip mind
  • slip of a (something)
  • slip of the lip
  • slip of the pen
  • slip of the tongue
  • slip off
  • slip on
  • slip on a banana skin
  • slip one over
  • slip one over on
  • slip one over on (one)
  • slip one past (someone or something)
  • slip one past the goalie/keeper/goaltender/etc.
  • slip one’s trolley
  • slip one's mind
  • slip out
  • slip over
  • slip over on
  • slip past
  • slip past (someone or something)
  • slip somebody's memory/mind
  • slip someone a Mickey
  • slip someone a Mickey Finn
  • slip someone five
  • slip something over
  • slip something over on
  • slip something over on (one)
  • slip through
  • slip through (one's) fingers
  • slip through fingers
  • slip through one's fingers, to let
  • slip through somebody's fingers
  • slip through the cracks
  • slip through the net
  • slip through your fingers
  • slip trolley
  • slip under the/(one's) radar
  • slip up
  • slip up on
  • slip up on (someone or something)
  • slip your mind
  • slip(-up)
  • slipstick
  • the slip
  • there is many a slip twixt cup and lip
  • there's many a slip
  • there's many a slip twixt cup and lip
  • There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
  • through the cracks
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In Section 2, the system model of EV is explained briefly, which discusses the vehicle dynamics model while braking and slip ratio model.
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* determination of the dominant turn slip model parameters for the given operating conditions;
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In all scenarios the tire is at the same slip angle, [alpha].
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Approximately one-third of adults over the age of 20 show signs of slip disc.
Slip Disc Market to Show a Healthy Growth Rate at a CAGR of 5.4% till 2023 / Driven by MRFR
"The existing footpath between the slips will also be closed and an improved footpath will be installed along the slip road to Egerton Road.
A3 university junction in Guildford set for eight months of slip road works; Just as the Stoke interchange works draw to a close..
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According to QYR, Europe Slip Ring market, the largest consumption market, will be about 304.3 million USD in 2016.
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Unlike many vegetables, sweet potato plants aren't started from seed or from replanted tubers, but are grown from "slips," which are pieces of stem with a few leaves that've been grown from a mother tuber.
GROW YOUR OWN SWEET POTATO SLIPS: With some deliberate planning, you can start hearty new sweet potato slips from tubers saved from last year's harvest
[USPRwire, Tue Nov 20 2018] Limited slip differential is a type of differential that is preferred over conventional differential.
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Under certain process conditions, some polymers exhibit slip at the wall.
Experimental Study and Modeling of Wall Slip of Polymethylmethacrylate Considering Different Die Surfaces
The effect of the Order will be to close, at times during the works, the M62: (i) westbound carriageway from the exit slip road at Junction 25 (Brighouse) to the entry slip road at Junction 25, a distance of 1127 metres; (ii) eastbound carriageway from the exit slip road at Junction 25 to the entry slip road at Junction 25, a distance of 966 metres; (iii) westbound carriageway from the exit slip road at Junction 26 (Chain Bar) to the entry slip road at Junction 26, a distance of 1609 metres; (iv) eastbound carriageway from the exit slip road at Junction 26 to the entry slip road at Junction 26, a distance of 1609 metres; (v) westbound exit and eastbound entry slip roads at Junction 25; and (vi) eastbound and westbound entry and exit slip roads at Junction 26.
REGULATION ACT
This technique lends to a host of variations and are demonstrated in twelve patterns for accessories and gifts that go beyond the usual single-color creations to slip stitch some innovative creations.
Slip-Stitch Knits