Collocations for slip - noun
1. mistake
ADJ.
little, slight, tiny | unfortunate | Freudian
VERB + SLIP
make
She made a couple of unfortunate slips during the talk.
She made a couple of unfortunate slips during the talk.
PHRASES
a slip of the pen/tongue
I didn''t mean to say that - it was just a slip of the tongue.
I didn''t mean to say that - it was just a slip of the tongue.
2. piece of paper
ADJ.
betting, pay, rejection, voting
He got over fifty rejection slips before his novel was published.
He got over fifty rejection slips before his novel was published.
PREP.
on a/the ~
He wrote the address on a slip of paper.
He wrote the address on a slip of paper.
PHRASES
a slip of paper