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Trip up Common

Trip up has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

detect a blunder or misstep

"The reporter tripped up the senator"

2

cause to stumble

"The questions on the test tripped him up"

3

make an error

"She slipped up and revealed the name"

4

To commit an error, make a mistake.

Example Sentences
"The reporter tripped up the senator" verb
"The questions on the test tripped him up" verb
"She slipped up and revealed the name" verb
See Also
cause fall trick tripping up trips up error stumble foul
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
learn err
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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