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
Hibikihee-bee-keeJapanese
PerseusPUR-see-əs (English)Greek Mythology
Gretchen['gretʃən]
JoJO (English)English, German, Dutch
Rochelle-English
Daireann-Irish Mythology