slip one's mind



slip one's mind

Be overlooked or forgotten, as in I meant to pick up the wine but it slipped my mind. This idiom was first recorded about 1340.
See also: mind, slip

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ZygfrydZIK-fritPolish
Ilana-Hebrew
Martzel-Basque
Ceri (2)KE-riWelsh
Willamar-Ancient Germanic
Isaakee-SAH-ahk (Russian)Russian, German, Biblical Greek