trip over oneself

verb

Make an extreme effort to do something.

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Meanings

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

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

  1. Make an extreme effort to do something.

    Tripping over myself. Aching, begging you to come help. And now that I'm without your kisses, I'll be needing stitches.

    2015, “Stiches”, performed by Shawn Mendes
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APA

trip over oneself. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trip%20over%20oneself

MLA

“trip over oneself.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trip%20over%20oneself. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trip over oneself,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trip%20over%20oneself.

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