trip up

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

The Heat funneled the ball to Adebayo on every trip up the court.

From The Wall Street Journal

These are the spending traps tripping up the richest generation.

From MarketWatch

Grandpa looked at his watch and said, “I think you and Rowdy had better hightail it for home. I’m going to lock up the store and make a trip up the road.”

From Literature

After routing their bitter rivals 4-1 in November, they made the short trip up the Seven Sisters Road to inflict another humiliating defeat that pushed Tottenham deeper into the relegation mire.

From Barron's

He stepped out of two other quad jumps and tripped up on a step sequence.

From Barron's

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