Crossword clues for slip-up
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
slip-up
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Despite a few unfortunate slip-ups, we finished on time.
▪ If we are going to win the contract, we can't afford any more slip-ups.
▪ This whole situation only happened because of a slip-up by the bank.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A slip-up now and an extra, unscheduled recording break will be necessary.
▪ By then he had made a fatal slip-up, the court was told.
▪ Despite these slip-ups, I came back for another visit.
▪ He also looked over our shoulders while we plotted the charts, watching for any slip-ups.
▪ I hope it was a slip-up rather than genuine ignorance.
▪ It's a tough league to win and slip-ups at this stage of the season could be fatal.
▪ No time for slip-ups, but the odds must now be on Oxford avoiding the drop.
Wiktionary
slip-up
n. (context idiomatic English) A mistake or error; a minor misstep.
WordNet
slip-up
n. a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. [syn: slip, miscue, parapraxis]
Usage examples of "slip-up".
She could not afford to make a mistake, yet in the back of her mind was the thoroughly disquieting notion that her haste would almost ensure some kind of slip-up.