trip up
phrasal verb
tripped up; tripping up; trips up
: to cause (someone) to make a mistake
He tried to trip up the cashier as she counted his change.
Examples of trip up in a Sentence
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Curtis wasn’t the only one who got tripped up by the question.
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EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
While earnings have been mostly positive this quarter, several stocks could bring bad news and trip up investors.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 31 July 2024
This article explores four common challenges that trip up efforts and offers strategies for overcoming them.
—Ned Calder,
freddy Solis,
rob Bell, Harvard Business Review, 19 Mar. 2024
Also Biden tripped up on another occasion that might come back to haunt him more over the next few days.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 July 2024
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EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
While earnings have been mostly positive this quarter, several stocks could bring bad news and trip up investors.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 31 July 2024
This article explores four common challenges that trip up efforts and offers strategies for overcoming them.
—Ned Calder,
freddy Solis,
rob Bell, Harvard Business Review, 19 Mar. 2024
Also Biden tripped up on another occasion that might come back to haunt him more over the next few days.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for trip up
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“Trip up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trip%20up. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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