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Definition of 'trip up'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep
an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
"he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

2. (verb) trip up, catch
detect a blunder or misstep
"The reporter tripped up the senator"

3. (verb) trip, trip up
cause to stumble
"The questions on the test tripped him up"

4. (verb) stumble, slip up, trip up
make an error
"She slipped up and revealed the name"

Definition of 'trip up'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) trip up
to make a mistake
I think I tripped up on the last question.

2. trip up
to trip or make sb trip

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