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English verb: trip up | |||
| 1. | trip up (cognition) detect a blunder or misstep | ||
| Samples | The reporter tripped up the senator. | ||
| Synonyms | catch | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see | ||
| 2. | trip up (motion) cause to stumble | ||
| Samples | The questions on the test tripped him up. | ||
| Synonyms | trip | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Cause | stumble, trip | ||
| 3. | trip up (cognition) make an error | ||
| Samples | She slipped up and revealed the name. | ||
| Synonyms | slip up, stumble | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | err, mistake, slip | ||
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