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Meaning of trip (someone) up in English

Trip (someone) up.

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  • I tripped up on a piece of loose carpet .
  • He deliberately tripped me up.
  • She tripped up and dropped the tray .
  • He tripped up on the doorstep .
  • A fallen branch tripped me up.
  • collapse under someone's/something's weight
  • collapse/fall in a heap idiom
  • drop like flies idiom
  • knock someone over
  • let go idiom
  • overbalance
  • parachutist

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  • to err is human (to forgive divine). idiom
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Definition of trip up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

  • Read the questions carefully, because the examiners sometimes try to trip you up.

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  1. trip up somebody

    to trip sb. up [fig.] [to cause sb. to make a mistake] jdn. aufs Glatteis führen [fig.] to trip out [to get high / to hallucinate because of the intake of a drug] auf einen Trip gehen [ugs.] drugs bad trip [influenced by drugs] Bad Trip {m} [ugs.] [unter Drogeneinfluss]

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    In addition, it allowed players to create information quests, complete missions created by other users, place "mines" throughout the web to trip up other users, and place and follow "portals" to other websites.; Michael Boley came in low to trip up the runner, then Lawyer Milloy and Keith Brooking finished him off.; Like that pair, DOS leap outta some aural vacuum with nary a root exposed, but ...

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    to trip up over sth. - über etw. straucheln: Last post 26 Apr 13, 13:15: German football legend Uli Hoeness trips up over tax (fig.) über etw. stolpern: 3 Replies: to trip it up: Last post 04 Feb 11, 19:13: Many of the features of C++ that are shown in subsequent chapters deal with giving the clas… 4 Replies: up to... per round trip: Last ...

  4. to trip up somebody in German

    Translation of "to trip up somebody" into German . bekritteln einhaken, mäkeln are the top translations of "to trip up somebody" into German. Sample translated sentence: You've never had to watch yourself 24 hours a day against somebody trying to cut you down, against stooges sent out to trip you up, against people you can't trust. ↔ Du musstest nie 24 Stunden am Tag auf der Hut sein vor ...

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    to trip sb. [also fig.] jdm. ein Haxel stellen [österr.] [ugs.] [auch fig.] [ein Bein stellen] sports to trip sb. up: jdn. haken [Bein stellen] to trip sb. up: jdn. stolpern lassen: to trip sb. up: jdm. ein Bein stellen: to trip sb. up: jdm. ein Beinchen stellen [ugs.] to trip sb. up [also fig.] jdn. zu Fall bringen: to trip sb. up [fig.] [to ...

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  8. to trip someone up in German

    Translation of "to trip someone up" into German . stolpern lassen is the translation of "to trip someone up" into German. Sample translated sentence: She spoke with the tone of a person determined to trip someone up. ↔ Sie sprach im Tonfall von jemandem, der fest entschlossen war, einen anderen zu Fall zu bringen.

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    trip up somebody translation in German - English Reverso dictionary, see also 'Tripper, trippeln, Triumph, Trizeps', examples, definition, conjugation

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    German Translation of "TRIP UP" | The official Collins English-German Dictionary online. Over 100,000 German translations of English words and phrases.

  11. TRIP (SOMEONE) UP

    TRIP (SOMEONE) UP Bedeutung, Definition TRIP (SOMEONE) UP: 1. to fall because you hit your foot on something, or to make someone fall by putting your foot in….

  12. Übersetzung von "to trip up somebody" in Deutsch

    Übersetzung von "to trip up somebody" in Deutsch . bekritteln einhaken, mäkeln sind die besten Übersetzungen von "to trip up somebody" in Deutsch. Beispiel übersetzter Satz: You've never had to watch yourself 24 hours a day against somebody trying to cut you down, against stooges sent out to trip you up, against people you can't trust. ↔ Du musstest nie 24 Stunden am Tag auf der Hut sein ...

  13. trip up somebody in German

    Translation of "trip up somebody" into German . bekritteln, einhaken, mäkeln are the top translations of "trip up somebody" into German. Sample translated sentence: "It's this evil-inclined blue bag," said Clemency, "always tripping up somebody!" ↔ "„Es ist die dumme Mappe"", sagte Clemency, „die einem immer zwischen die Beine kommt!"""

  14. TRIP (SOMEONE) UP

    TRIP (SOMEONE) UP definition: 1. to fall because you hit your foot on something, or to make someone fall by putting your foot in…. Learn more.

  15. to trip up in German

    Translation of "to trip up" into German . hakeln, stolpern are the top translations of "to trip up" into German. Sample translated sentence: All we can do is wait for one of our "enemies" to trip up. ↔ Wir müssen abwarten, dass einer unserer »Feinde« einen Fehler macht.

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    After disarming the bomb this morning, I took a trip to visit someone. Nachdem ich die Bombe entschärft hatte, habe ich jemanden besucht. Übersetzung im Kontext von „trip someone" in Englisch-Deutsch von Reverso Context: When connecting the appliance to the power outlet and other equipment, ensure that the cables are stowed or grouped ...

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  21. trip up in German

    Translation of "trip up" into German . Bein stellen, Fehler machen, stolpern are the top translations of "trip up" into German. Sample translated sentence: Xavier's too smart to get tripped up on something like that. ↔ Xavier ist zu gerissen um über so etwas zu stolpern.

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    1. If someone or something trips a person up, or if they trip up, they fail or make a mistake..... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.