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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trip up

Rachel remembers two caravans parked side-by-side and a trip up Mount Snowdon.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Bass, desperate to trip up her opponent, talked over her so much that the councilmember responded with the line of the night and possibly the race:

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

“I don’t think this will trip up their plans for the studio’s future,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

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 ● Feb. 22, 2026

Then we all crammed inside for the four-hour trip up winding, rutted roads to the mountains.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

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