trip up

Speech parts

1. trip up - Noun

2. trip up - Verb

Meaning

detect a blunder or misstep

an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

make an error

cause to stumble

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

trip-up

Synonyms

trip stumble muff fall slip err bungle collapse catch mistake fool deceive blunder stagger misstep
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Antonyms

rise advance arise succeed emerge triumph
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Hypernyms

boner bloomer see slip err bungle

Examples

Art -- the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised. James Thurber

Every time you have to come up with a new body of work for a new show, you're aware that people are just ready to rip you apart, they're just waiting for you to fall or make the slightest trip up. Cindy Sherman

I don't know if it's shocking, but I'm the world's biggest klutz. I have been dancing since I was 3, and I have modeled, and I have good balance, but you wouldn't know it. Hanging out with me, I do everything from spill food on myself to trip up stairs. I'm the queen of that, most definitely. Tiffany Dupont

The reporter tripped up the senator Source: Internet

he recited the whole poem without a single trip Source: Internet

he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

trip to Jerusalem trip to space trip to the woodshed trip wire trip working trip-trap