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What is another word for slip up?

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Verb

To make a mistake, especially a seemingly small error

To be wrong or to make an incorrect judgment regarding

To commit an offense, especially spiritually or morally

To fail to have the intended effect or result

Something said or done that is socially upsetting or incorrect

The shameful failure to fulfil one's obligations

A situation of panic or disorder

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To make a mistake, especially a seemingly small error

put your foot in your mouth

bark up the wrong tree

snarl up

blot your copybook

get the wrong end of the stick

make a dog's dinner of

put a spanner in the works

make a dog's breakfast

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“I had waited all these years for him to slip up and now he has shot his bolt.”

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To be wrong or to make an incorrect judgment regarding

get the wrong idea about

have wrong impression

put a wrong interpretation on

get the wrong end of the stick

be mistaken

be at cross purposes

receive a false impression

get the wrong impression

be under a delusion

be barking up the wrong tree

get hold of the wrong end of the stick

take something the wrong way

get the wrong impression about

get your lines crossed about

get your lines crossed

be at cross-purposes with

not understand

don't know

get your wires crossed

make a wrong interpretation of

take out of context

get a false impression of

come to hasty conclusion

bark up wrong tree

jump to the wrong conclusion about

get the wrong end of the stick about

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To commit an offense, especially spiritually or morally

stray from the straight and narrow

go down the primrose path

go off the rails

get lost

commit a transgression

succumb to temptation

take the primrose path

behave inappropriately

be guilty of misconduct

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To fail to have the intended effect or result

come apart at the seams

go down like a lead balloon

not come up to scratch

punch below one's weight

fall short of expectations

fall flat on your face

blow up in someone's face

go by the board

not make the grade

not come up to the mark

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Noun

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Something said or done that is socially upsetting or incorrect

self-defeating action

offense^US

offence^UK

misdemeanor^US

inappropriate behaviour

typographical mistake

misbehavior^US

misreading of the situation

putting foot in mouth

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Noun

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The shameful failure to fulfil one's obligations

non-fulfilment of duty

non-performance of duty

lack of proper care and attention

contributory negligence

failure to pay attention to

failure to take proper care

failure to take proper action

offense^US

offence^UK

misdemeanor^US

misbehavior^US

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Noun

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A situation of panic or disorder

furor^US

furore^UK

all hell broken loose

alarums and excursions

clamour^UK

clamor^US

clangor^US

clangour^UK

all hell breaking loose

state of nervous excitement

absence of government

much ado about nothing

clamouring^UK

clamoring^US

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