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
Menahem-Biblical, Hebrew
Cansu-Turkish
Mielikki-Finnish Mythology
Saturninosah-toor-NEE-no (Spanish, Italian)Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Ataturk['æstətʒ:k]
RandallRAN-dəlEnglish