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slip a cog
slip a cog или slip a gear {v. phr.}, {slang}
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I must have been slipping a cog when I said that I would run for mayor.
Jim hates to sleep outdoors. He's slipping his gears if he's promised to take the boys camping.
Ср.: SLIP UP.
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Источник: A Dictionary of American Idioms
