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Slip-up   /slɪp-əp/   Listen
Slip-up

noun
1.
A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc..  Synonyms: miscue, parapraxis, slip.






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"Slip-up" Quotes from Famous Books



... huskily, "I don't believe there's very much danger—for either of you. And remember this—lots of good people make mistakes, but if they're made of the right stuff, they don't make the same mistake but once. And sometimes they gain more than they lose from a slip-up. You certainly are made of the right stuff. Perhaps you will go through some experience like what you're dreading, though I can't foresee what form it will take. Meanwhile remember that Sylvia's been through an awful ordeal, and be very gentle with her, though ...
— The Old Gray Homestead • Frances Parkinson Keyes



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