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Meanings of slip up in English

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        Usage of slip up in English
        1
        We minorities weren't naïve enough to slip up and ask embargoed questions.
        Feminist dot com
        2
        If Waterford slip up, however, then Killester are still in the hunt.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Thus the cord will be held and not slip up or down.
        The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
        4
        Even if he does slip up, it may not cost him dearly.
        Reuters
        5
        Who knew but that he might slip up while making the effort?
        The Great Book of Amber
        6
        Crooks most always do slip up somewhere and leave evidence behind them.
        The Big-Town Round-Up
        7
        Should Birmingham win, they could survive if Millwall or Blackpool slip up.
        Reuters
        8
        Just as like as not, you'll slip up on that little trick.
        The Arena, Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891
        9
        I think they will slip up in one, allowing City to squeak home.
        The Guardian
        10
        I know they'll try, but I also know they'll slip up.
        Getting old is tres dangereux
        11
        He tore the slip up contemptuously and tossed the pieces to the snow.
        The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories
        12
        However, even top-notch agencies can slip up and the buck stops with you.
        The South African
        13
        He encourages his clients to allow for the occasional slip up.
        Reuters
        14
        I didn't say anything, gave no indication that I noticed his slip up.
        Dead girl talking
        15
        Although he admitted the Blitz Bokke would have to slip up.
        Radio NZ
        16
        But I have a feeling that it will slip up somewhere.
        Right Ho, Jeeves
        This collocation consists of:
        Translations for slip up
        Slip up through the time
        Slip up across language varieties
        Ireland
        Common
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
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