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 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 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 Nobody notices when the bassist slips up. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slips up

Verb

And as the cops try to arrest them, only to realize their own jails aren’t accessible, the film expresses perfectly how the government trips over its own feet while resisting inevitable change.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Wheeler trips more often now and no longer rides his scooter around the cul de sac because of his deteriorating vision and poor coordination.

— Gerry Smith, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of trips

Verb

An irresolvable knot of wickedness who acts on impulse and has seemingly no capacity for empathy, Cathy stumbles into the heart of the Trask family’s jealousy and ambition.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
But here, too, Wladyka stumbles, opting for a comforting but pat ending about how dance and art enliven so many lives.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026