Communication
slip someone's mind
be completely forgotten
If something slips your mind, you forget it or fail to remember it when you need to.
Hear it in real life
Did you book the restaurant?
Oh no, it slipped my mind.
The meeting completely slipped my mind, so I missed it.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Your birthday slipped from my mind.
Say: Your birthday slipped my mind.
The usual expression uses "slip someone's mind," not "slip from someone's mind."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
it slipped my mind; it has slipped her mind
Your turn: say it out loud
The meeting completely slipped my mind, so I missed it.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
slip someone's mind
be completely forgotten
“The meeting completely slipped my mind, so I missed it.”
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