slip up
Example Sentences
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“We’re in this environment where if you ever slip up at all in any capacity, you get punished for apologizing,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
It is a game where he cannot afford to slip up, but I also feel like he needs a performance to go with the win everyone is expecting.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
“It’s invisible until you slip up, and then it becomes visible,” McClary said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026
Craig Bellamy's men knew they could still pip Belgium to automatic qualification from Group J with a win, but would need the 2018 World Cup semi-finalists to slip up at home to Liechtenstein.
From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025
Inside she nearly managed to slip up the back stairs unseen, but the cook spied her from the kitchen and cried, “Aisling! Whatever are you doing? We were certain you had run away.”
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
