slip off someone's tongue

English

Verb

slip off someone's tongue (third-person singular simple present slips off someone's tongue, present participle slipping off someone's tongue, simple past and past participle slipped off someone's tongue)

1. to misspeak, to make a slip of the tongue
   • 2010, “CMND/CTRL”, performed by Deftones:

     I said your name, it slipped off my tongue
     Pointed at the camera laughing at you, haha
     Once again, you see no one cares
     It's how you wear it, not what it is