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2021-05-30 04:05
Trip up phrasal verb
To hit your foot against something while you are walking or running and almost fall.
Though he tripped up a big rock, he managed to regain his balance immediately.
Running without looking, the kid tripped up a rope, fell, and cried.
To catch someone’s foot and make them fall or almost fall
The rope from out of nowhere tripped him up.
The bed tripped me up when I was in a hurry looking for my lost key.
To make a mistake or to speak with difficulty, repeating sounds or words and often stopping, before saying things correctly
So scared is she that she tripped up when being asked to describe her attacker.
Students are likely to trip up in the test. Probably because they become more worried when taking the test.
To make someone commit a mistake or to speak with difficulty, repeating sounds or words and often stopping, before saying things correctly
With a view to tripping students up, the examiner asked confusing questions.
This handwriting letter was so illegible that it tripped me up while reading it.
To stumble and fall.
1. Used to say that someone missteps or stumbles while walking.
2. Used to say that someone makes an unwise, miscalculated, or blundering act or decision.
The verb" strip" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
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To be very wet
Because of forgetting bringing an umbrella, I look like a drowned rat when it rains.
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