slip-up

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Noun slip-up has 1 sense

slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis - a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
--₁ is a kind of mistake, error, fault
--₁ has particulars: Freudian slip
Derived form: verb slip up₁

Verb slip-up has 1 sense

stumble, slip up, trip up - make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"
--₁ is one way to err, mistake, slip

Derived form: noun slip-up₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

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