What is the meaning of trip up?

Detect a blunder or misstep.
- usage: "The reporter tripped up the senator"
- synonyms: catch
Cause to stumble.
- usage: "The questions on the test tripped him up"
- synonyms: trip
Make an error.
- usage: "She slipped up and revealed the name"
- synonyms: stumble, slip up

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APA	WordNet. (2010). trip up. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/trip_up/definitions/1317302
Chicago	WordNet. 2010. "trip up" http://smartdefine.org/trip_up/definitions/1317302 (accessed September 20, 2026).
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MLA	WordNet. "trip up" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/trip_up/definitions/1317302>

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