How to Use slip up in a Sentence

slip up

verb

• If the Jaguars slip up, the Texans-Colts winner takes the crown.
  — Rob Maaddi, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
• If the Cavs slip up, the player gets a $1,500 bet credit.
  — cleveland, 4 Jan. 2023
• Oregon, to not slip up against the teams below them in the standings.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
• If the Trojans slip up, that could give Ohio State a second chance.
  — Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 30 Nov. 2022
• Bury slips up to the top leaves, press the soil down gently but firmly, and water well.
  — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 29 Mar. 2023
• When you get interviewed for hours your prob gonna slip up.
  — James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2021
• The Browns are barreling towards the playoffs while the Jets are hoping the Jaguars slip up to give back their shot at the No. 1 pick in the draft.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2020
• In what looked like a slip up, the US president did lose his temper near the end of his presser.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 16 June 2021
• Plus, the midsole has just the right amount of arch support to cushion the ball of the foot and the heel cradles the foot to prevent it from slipping up.
  — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2023
• The Thorns’ road to the top record in the league can be made easier if any of those teams slip up in their final two matches.
  — oregonlive, 21 Sep. 2022
• The person can slip up and say something that gets taken out of context.
  — Ian Carlos Crawford, Men's Health, 16 Mar. 2023
• This one, if Faith Family and Carter don’t slip up in the semifinals, fits that bill.
  — Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
• Everyone holds their breath – for the queen to slip up, for Henry to take her head like wives before.
  — Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
• Everyone holds their breath – for the Queen to slip up, for Henry to take her head like wives before.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 June 2023
• There isn't much room to slip up in the ultra-competitive NFC West.
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2020
• That loss to Cincinnati will probably keep them out, unless the Bearcats slip up.
  — C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com, 19 Nov. 2021
• But Bolts can't afford to slip up in the regular-season finale, which is a must-win affair in Sin City.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2022
• Staying in character for three weeks and not slipping up.
  — Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Just as easily, Fields could slip up about her son, either by mistake or as a benefit to her own game.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
• Understand that causing your friends to slip up can lead to resentment, and leave your fun to be picked up again another day.
  — Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023
• Someone else may slip up and tell you the information, or the secret keeper might make a mistake and reveal it to you themselves.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
• Providing Barca don't slip up in La Liga, renewing the former number '6' in the dugout should be pretty much a formality and is the right way to go.
  — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• In another clip making its way around social media, Saweetie also slips up on her words, but smiles and brushes it off like a pro.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
• There will certainly be plenty of opportunities for resume-building wins in the Big East, and plenty of places to slip up.
  — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
• When Delta slipped up on changes to its loyalty program, its competitors were inevitably close behind.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2023
• Coastal Carolina coach Jamey Chadwell took responsibility saying in the heat of the moment, the uniform slip up got by him.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 24 Oct. 2020
• However, Memphis is where Phoenix could certainly slip up.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2022
• The only exceptions are when a thief slips up and does something dumb (like attempt to sell a distinctive rack), or when an honest antler dealer or pawn shop broker calls in a suspicious item.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
• Remember that nobody is perfect, so give yourself permission to slip up!
  — Good Housekeeping, 6 Jan. 2023
• Self-pitying Matt’s success as an actor on a TV crime series in the early 2000s dried up, forcing him to take sales work and then slipping up in a marital transgression that sent his wife packing.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024