Thesaurus results for SLIPS UP

slips up

verb

present tense third-person singular of slip up

as in trips

to make a mistake if you slip up in copying the data, the final result will of course be wrong

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Recent Examples of slips up Nobody notices when the bassist slips up. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025 Along the way Texas needs to hope Seattle slips up, or else that final weekend in Cleveland could wind up being meaningless. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025 At Baku, however, the car looks to be a podium contender, potentially fighting for the win if McLaren slips up. — Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slips up

Verb

Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 June 2026
Longer trips sail to Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026

Definition of trips

Verb

Tensions between the galley and the interior continue to escalate over lunch service, when a radio mishap fumbles the order in which the food should go out.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 May 2026
The movie fumbles the chance to do something arresting with this seminal period in art.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 May 2026

Definition of fumbles

Verb

In the first, a quick history tour revisits how bad Minions have been in their quest to find villains to serve, until one group lands in 1920s Hollywood and stumbles into stardom.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 7 July 2026
After a chance meeting saving the life of a reporter, Dez stumbles across a vast conspiracy and now must stop the forces intent on keeping their secrets safe.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 6 July 2026