Slip up and Try

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Slip up verb - To make a mistake.

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Try and slip up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Slip up".

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Slip up and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Slip up" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

Upon learning this, Jim Carrey proceeds to rattle off a string of similar-sounding words to try and make them slip up.

Source: Actor Allusion / Live-Action Films
The easiest is Doc, who Suze has the most interactions with and even begins to consciously try to refer to him by his real name (David) out of respect after he helps her uncover Jesse's identity and the way he died, although whenever she does slip up he doesn't seem to mind.

Source: Literature / The Mediator
Expect a lot of justifiable angst from one of these guys as they desperately try (and fail) to stay out of situations where they have to use their Swiss Army Weapons and convince people that they really don't want to murder them all after one slip up with the built-in flamethrowers.

Source: I Am Not a Gun

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