- trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep - 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"
--1 is a kind of blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
Derived forms: verb trip up1, verb trip up3
- trip up, catch - detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator"
--1 is one way to learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun trip-up1
Somebody ----s somebody
- trip, trip up - cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- stumble, slip up, trip up - make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"
--3 is one way to err, mistake, slip
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun trip-up1
Somebody ----s