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trip up 
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(TTS Sound)Overview of noun trip_up
The noun trip-up has 1 sense
- trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep -- (an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep")
Overview of verb trip_up
The verb trip up has 3 senses
- trip up, catch -- (detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator")
- trip, trip up -- (cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up")
- stumble, slip up, trip up -- (make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name")