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
Vadik-Russian
Tifawt-Northern African, Berber
Brannon-English
Leudoberct-Ancient Germanic
Arkadiuszahr-KAHD-yuwshPolish
Jacobineyah-ko-BEE-nə (Dutch)Norwegian, Danish, Dutch