trip up
Make or cause someone to make a mistake, as in The other finalist tripped up when he was asked to spell “trireme,” or They tripped him up with that difficult question. [Second half of 1700s]
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How to use trip up in a sentence
They spent their last few hundred dollars on a trip up to New York City, obtaining donor commitments that kept them alive.
Inside the Implosion of GOProud, the Right’s Most Notorious Pro-Gay Group | Tim Mak | June 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTReverend Graham drew the meeting to a close by earnestly thanking the president for making the trip up the mountain.
When Obama Visited Billy Graham, Each Man Prayed for the Other | Joshua DuBois | November 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI think the most unique experience at Highlands—maybe at all of Aspen—is a trip up to Highlands Bowl.
Olympians Dish on Their Favorite Spots to Ski & Snowboard | The Daily Beast | October 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTApparently there were concerns Prince Harry might trip up and hurt himself next time.
Letting Prince Harry Leave Your Club Via The Back Door? That'll Be £1,200 please | Tom Sykes | February 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOr it can be an up-close lesson in the kind of self-absorption and political ego that can trip up some in Washington.
The Comet started on her first trip up the Arkansas, being the first steam boat that ascended that river.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellHere is one, to begin with, which will show once more how difficult it is to trip up a Scotchman.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellIt was late in the night, and the "Restless" was making her third trip up the river before anything happened.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants | H. Irving HancockWarner was at that moment undertaking his charmingly remembered trip up the Nile.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineThe exhausted rowers were lifted on board amid renewed cheering, and the trip up the river began.
Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. Standish
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