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trip 2, verb (oh)



2 v past tense and past participle tripped present participle tripping
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1 ?fall?
2 ?make somebody fall?
3 ?switch on?
4 ?walk/dance?
5 trip off the tongue
6 ?drug?
7 trip the light fantastic
Phrasal verbs
trip up
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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: triper]
?FALL?
also trip up
[I] to hit something with your foot by accident so that you fall or almost fall
-synonym stumble stumble
::He tripped and fell .
trip over
::Clary tripped over a cable and broke his foot.
trip on
::He tripped on the bottom step.
?MAKE SOMEBODY FALL?
also trip up
[T] to make someone fall by putting your foot in front of them when they are moving
::Baggio was tripped inside the penalty area.
?SWITCH ON?
[T] to switch on a piece of electrical equipment by accident
::An intruder had tripped the alarm.
?WALK/DANCE?
[I always + adverb/preposition] literary to walk, run, or dance with quick light steps
::a little girl tripping down the lane
trip off the tongue
to be easy to say or pronounce
::Monofluorophosphate! It doesn't exactly trip off the tongue, does it?
?DRUG?
also trip out
[I] informal to experience the mental effects of a drug such as LSD
::They must have been tripping.
trip the light fantastic
to dance - used humorously
trip up phr v
to make a mistake, or to force someone to make a mistake by tricking them
::On his latest album, Kowalski trips up attempting more modern songs.
trip sb ¡û¡ú up
::an attempt to trip up the Prime Minister on policy issues
to hit something with your foot so that you fall, or to make someone do this
trip sb ¡û¡ú up
::He chased the thief, tripped him up, and grabbed the camera.