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
Holbrook['həu.bruk]
Youtayo:-tahJapanese
Collins['kɔlinz]
IssacIE-zəkEnglish
LuboŠ-Czech
Anath (2)-Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)