trip over

verb

To trip or stumble and almost fall, as a result of bumping into someone or something with one's feet.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person trips over · participle present tripping over · participle past tripped over · past tripped over

  1. To trip or stumble and almost fall, as a result of bumping into someone or something with one's feet.

Translations

German stolpern
  • stolpernto trip or stumble and almost fall, as a result of bumping into someone or something with one's feet
Polish potykać się, potknąć się
  • potykać sięto trip or stumble and almost fall, as a result of bumping into someone or something with one's feet
  • potknąć sięto trip or stumble and almost fall, as a result of bumping into someone or something with one's feet
Spanish tropezar
  • tropezarto trip or stumble and almost fall, as a result of bumping into someone or something with one's feet
Cite this entry
APA

trip over. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trip%20over

MLA

“trip over.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trip%20over. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trip over,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trip%20over.

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