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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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Once, when a housemate defended his dissertation at Fordham, two residents made the trip out to watch.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Given that your savings are substantial, it makes sense to take the $10,000 for this Thailand trip out of your savings account.

From MarketWatch Jun. 1, 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 rocket first flew in 2018 sending up Elon Musk’s Tesla on a trip out past Mars.

From Seattle Times Dec. 28, 2023

So here we were, just a few hours into our trip out to Lewiston, Idaho, and we were safely stopped in a rest area.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

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