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slip up
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
a. equivocarse
The waiter slipped up and overcharged a customer.El mesero se equivocó y cobró de más a un cliente.
a. meter la pata (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
I didn't know they had divorced and slipped up.No sabía que se habían divorciado y metí la pata.
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