This seat, it's real leather, isn't it? It would be a disaster if some slip-up gets it dirtied.
Source: tatoeba (326966)
Slip-up
//ˈslɪpʌp//
Synonyms for "slip-up" (40 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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Translations
28 translations across 11 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- esnidión noun (a (small) error or mistake)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 失閃 /失闪 noun (a (small) error or mistake)
- 差錯 /差错 noun (a (small) error or mistake)
- 意外 noun (a (small) error or mistake)
- 閃失 /闪失 noun (a (small) error or mistake)
French
1 entries- boulette, cafouillage noun (a (small) error or mistake)
Georgian
1 entries- შეცდომა noun (a (small) error or mistake)
German
4 entries- Ausrutscher noun (a (small) error or mistake)
- Fehltritt noun (a (small) error or mistake)
- Panne noun (a (small) error or mistake)
- kleines Missgeschick noun (a (small) error or mistake)
Italian
1 entries- sgarro noun (a (small) error or mistake)
Japanese
1 entries- 落ち度 noun (a (small) error or mistake)
Manx
1 entries- marranys noun (a (small) error or mistake)
Māori
3 entries- hēanga noun (a (small) error or mistake)
- pakewa noun (a (small) error or mistake)
- tapepetanga noun (a (small) error or mistake)
Polish
1 entries- wpadka noun (a (small) error or mistake)
Spanish
4 entries- desinteligencia noun (a (small) error or mistake)
- desliz noun (a (small) error or mistake)
- despiste noun (a (small) error or mistake)
- gazapatón noun (a (small) error or mistake)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
We would've won if it wasn't for that slip-up.
Source: tatoeba (10113938)
I think she will forgive an accidental slip-up, so don’t worry too much about misspeaking.
Source: wiktionary
The door step was a broad unhewn rock, brought from the neighboring pasture. It had not a flat and even surface, but was considerably sloping from the door to the road, so that in icy times the scholars in passing out used to snatch from the scant declivity the transitory pleasures of a slide. But look out for a slip-up, ye careless, for many a time have I seen an urchin's head where his feet were but a second before.
Source: wiktionary
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