trip-up


Meanings

  • 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"
  • detect a blunder or misstep;
    • "The reporter tripped up the senator"
  • cause to stumble;
    • "The questions on the test tripped him up"
  • make an error;
    • "She slipped up and revealed the name"


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