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When reversing, learners will do the wrong thing (4,2)

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I believe the answer is:

slip up

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'will do the wrong thing' is the definition.
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'when reversing learners' is the wordplay.
'when reversing' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'learners' becomes 'pupils' (pupil is a kind of learner).
'pupils' backwards is 'SLIP-UP'.

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(Other definitions for slip up that I've seen before include "Make a mistake or lose footing aloft" , "Minor inadvertent mistake" , "Informally, make a mistake - lose footing?" , "Make a mistake, on a banana skin ?" , "one fielder close to the wicket?" .)

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