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
LubomÍR-Czech
IsadorIZ-a-dawrEnglish (Rare)
Nomusa-Southern African, Ndebele
JiŘÍ-Czech
Arnot['a:nət]
Geronimoje-ro-NEE-moHistory