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Princeton's WordNet

  1. trip, trip-up, stumble, misstepverb

    an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

    "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

  2. trip up, catchverb

    detect a blunder or misstep

    "The reporter tripped up the senator"

  3. trip, trip upverb

    cause to stumble

    "The questions on the test tripped him up"

  4. stumble, slip up, trip upverb

    make an error

    "She slipped up and revealed the name"

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  1. trip-up

    A trip-up is a mistake, error or mishap, often unexpected or unintentional, that causes a problem or setback. It can also refer to a trap or catch meant to trick or confuse someone, causing them to stumble or make an error.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trip-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trip-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of trip-up in a Sentence

  1. Mitch McConnell:

    During her tenure as ambassador to Canada, Americas relationship with our northern neighbor was tested, a number of challenging policy hurdles threatened to trip up progress on several important issues, including trade negotiations. But by all accounts, Ambassador Crafts involvement led to greater cooperation.

  2. Elevate Rope founder:

    When you're jumping rope, you need to be present, in the moment. If you're not present, you're going to trip up, when I pick up this rope, I just enter some kind of new realm, another world. It's just me and this rope and my music, and you can just let go of everything around you. And that's just the best feeling.

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