slip someone's mind

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To be forgotten by someone; to escape someone's memory.

Equivalents

Españolestar olvidado olvidársele

Françaiséchapper à quelqu'un oublier sortir de l'esprit de quelqu'un

Portuguêsestar esquecido

3 more languages

Italianostare dimenticato

日本語度忘れ

Polskiwylatywać z głowy wylecieć z głowy wypadać z głowywypaść z głowy

Examples

“I meant to call ⟳ her today, but it completely slipped my mind ⟳.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

slip the cable slip through slip through someone's fingers slip through the cracks slip through the net slip under

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