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
TancredTANG-krid (English)Old Norman
LudmiŁAluwt-MEE-wahPolish
Sanem-Turkish
LyndonLIN-dənEnglish
Vjekoslava-Croatian
ColbyKOL-beeEnglish