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trip out

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verb

  1. (adverb) (of an electrical circuit) to disconnect or be disconnected or (of a machine) to stop or be stopped by means of a trip switch or trip button

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He and his wife treated their three kids, on their first trip out of the U.S., to a $750 private snorkeling charter in Nassau.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Les recommends offering a family trip out to the cinema or bowling the night before, to help ease the stress.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2024

The other trip out west the Terrapins may take is to Phoenix.

From Washington Times • Nov. 23, 2023

Putin, making a rare trip out of Russia, is holding a series of meetings with other leaders who have come to Beijing for the Belt and Road Forum, and will also hold talks with Xi.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023

But if there is anything I've learned about parents, it's that they always tell you a positive thing in the middle of a negative situation because they don't want you to trip out.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

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