What does trip up mean?
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trip up
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Princeton's WordNet
trip, trip-up, stumble, misstepverb
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"
trip up, catchverb
detect a blunder or misstep
"The reporter tripped up the senator"
trip, trip upverb
cause to stumble
"The questions on the test tripped him up"
stumble, slip up, trip upverb
make an error
"She slipped up and revealed the name"
Wiktionary
trip upverb
To commit an error, make a mistake.
trip upverb
To cause (someone) to commit an error, trick into a mistake.
trip upverb
To fall or stumble.
trip upverb
To cause (someone) to fall or stumble.
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trip up
The phrase "trip up" generally means to make a mistake or to cause someone to make a mistake, often by causing them to be confused or tricked. This can occur in a physical, mental, or metaphorical context. For example, a person might trip up in their speech, stumble on a difficult question, or be tripped up by a misleading statement or situation.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of trip up in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of trip up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of trip up in a Sentence
When you're jumping rope, you need to be present, in the moment. If you're not present, you're going to trip up, when I pick up this rope, I just enter some kind of new realm, another world. It's just me and this rope and my music, and you can just let go of everything around you. And that's just the best feeling.
During her tenure as ambassador to Canada, Americas relationship with our northern neighbor was tested, a number of challenging policy hurdles threatened to trip up progress on several important issues, including trade negotiations. But by all accounts, Ambassador Crafts involvement led to greater cooperation.
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