trip off the tongue

A form of roll off the tongue — To proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent, appealing, or glib.

Meanings

verbtrip off the tongue (third-person singular simple present trips off the tongue, present participle tripping off the tongue, simple past and past participle tripped off the tongue)

present singular third person trips off the tongue · participle present tripping off the tongue · participle past tripped off the tongue · past tripped off the tongue

  1. alternativeAlternative form of roll off the tongue.
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