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
Ives-History
Stefanoste-FAH-noItalian
Anatole-French
LeonhardLE-awn-hahrtGerman
Arseniahr-SYE-neeRussian
Maureenmaw-REEN, MAWR-eenIrish, English