Meanings
verbtrip up (third-person singular simple present trips up, present participle tripping up, simple past and past participle tripped up)
present singular third person trips up · participle present tripping up · participle past tripped up · past tripped up
- transitiveTo cause (someone) to fall or stumble.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Danish spænde ben
- spænde bencause to fall or stumble
Dutch in de fout gaan, tot een fout verleiden
- in de fout gaanmake a mistake
- tot een fout verleidencause to commit an error
French se tromper, tromper
- se trompermake a mistake
- trompercause to commit an error
- dupercause to commit an error
- arnaquercause to commit an error
German Bein stellen
- Bein stellencause to fall or stumble
Hungarian elgáncsol
- elgáncsolcause to fall or stumble
Italian fare lo sgambetto, sgambettare
- fare lo sgambettocause to fall or stumble
- sgambettarecause to fall or stumble
Māori tūtuki, rapahuki
- tūtukifall or stumble
- rapahukicause to fall or stumble
- hīraucause to fall or stumble
Norwegian Bokmål spenne bein, spenne ben
- spenne beincause to fall or stumble
- spenne bencause to fall or stumble
Polish pomylić się, mylić
- pomylić sięmake a mistake
- mylićcause to commit an error
- zmylićcause to commit an error
- potykać sięfall or stumble
- potknąć sięfall or stumble
- podstawiać nogęcause to fall or stumble
- podstawić nogęcause to fall or stumble
Cite this entry
APA
trip up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trip%20up
MLA
“trip up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trip%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trip up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trip%20up.
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