How do you use slip-up in a sentence?
How do you use slip-up in a sentence?
Obviously there has been a slip-up in the machinery. There had been a slip-up in the office. Unless there is any slip-up, the tunnel will he built and operating by 1993. That was due to a minor administrative slip-up—”a bank error in your favour”, as they say.
What is the synonym of slip?
Some common synonyms of slip are blunder, error, lapse, and mistake.
What does slip mean in text?
to decline in one’s talent or skill.
What do you mean by slip of tongue?
Definition of a slip of the tongue : something that is said by mistake.
What is mean by slip up?
to make a mistake
intransitive verb. : to make a mistake : blunder.
Is slip up informal?
2. A minor mistake: lapse, slip-up. Informal: fluff.
What is the past tense of slip?
slipped
The past tense of slip is slipped.
What does it mean to slip by?
slipped by. DEFINITIONS1. if time or an opportunity slips by, it passes and you fail to use it or to gain an advantage from it. I had the chance to switch jobs, but I let it slip by. Synonyms and related words.
What is a slip of someone?
b : a small piece of paper. 3 : a young and slender person a slip of a girl. 4 : a long seat or narrow pew. slip. verb (2)
Why is it called a slip?
Because this garment used a princess cut, which shaped the bodice and skirt by vertical seaming, it was called a “princess petticoat” or “princess slip.” In the early twentieth century, it came to be called a costume slip, and then merely a slip.
What is slip of hand?
1 to move or cause to move smoothly and easily. 2 tr to place, insert, or convey quickly or stealthily. 3 tr to put on or take off easily or quickly.
How do you use slip of the tongue in a sentence?
He made what was perhaps a slip of the tongue when he said that there had been increased emission. I know that in his more quiescent moments he would not have made such a slip of the tongue. In fairness to him, we also heard him say that that was a slip of the tongue and was unintentional.