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Phrase(s): slip up on something
to make an error in something. • I guess I slipped up on that last job. • Fred slipped up on compiling that list—there are a lot of names missing., Phrase(s): slip up on someone, something, or an animal
to sneak up on someone, something, or an animal quietly. (See also slip up.) • I slipped up on Harry and scared him to death. • The cat slipped up on a mouse and grabbed it.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs