Synonyms for trip up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : trip |
| Phonetic Transcription : trɪp |
Top 10 synonyms for trip up Other synonyms for the word trip up
- be late for
- be undecided
- beguile
- blow
- blunder
- bobble
- botch
- box in
- break
- cast about
- circumvent
- collar
- come apart at the seams
- corner
- corral
- deceive
- decoy
- disregard
- drop
- drop the ball
- dupe
- enmesh
- ensnare
- entangle
- entrap
- err
- fall down
- fall flat on face
- fall short
- flub
- fluctuate
- fluff
- flummox
- fool
- forget
- foul up
- fumble
- go at backwards
- go to pieces
- grab
- grope
- halt
- hem and haw
- hook
- ignore
- inveigle
- juggle
- labor
- land
- let go
- let slip
- lose
- lurch
- make a mess of
- miscarry
- misfire
- mislay
- misplace
- miss one's cue
- mousetrap
- muddle
- muff
- nab
- nail
- neglect
- net
- omit
- overlook
- overshoot
- overtake
- pass over
- pass up
- plunge
- pratfall
- quaver
- rock
- roll
- rope in
- screw up
- scruple
- seduce
- shake
- skip
- slight
- slip
- slip up
- snafu
- snag
- speak haltingly
- stagger
- stammer
- strive
- stub one's toe
- stub toe
- suck in
- surprise
- take
- tangle
- teeter
- thrash
- toil
- topple
- toss
- totter
- trammel
- travail
- tremble
- trip
- trip up
- tumble
- undershoot
- vacillate
- whiffle
- work at
Définition of trip up
Origin :- late 14c. (implied in tripper), "tread or step lightly, skip, caper," from Old French tripper "strike with the feet" (12c.), from a Germanic source (cf. Middle Dutch trippen "to skip, trip, hop," Low German trippeln, Frisian tripje, Dutch trappen, Old English treppan "to tread, trample") related to trap.
- The sense of "strike with the foot and cause to stumble" is first recorded early 15c. Meaning "to release" (a catch, lever, etc.) is recorded from 1897; trip-wire is attested from 1916. Related: Tripped; tripping.
- As in miss : verb fail, make a mistake
- As in trap : verb catch, snare; trick
- As in falter : verb stumble, stutter
- As in flounder : verb struggle; be in the dark
- Probably some travellers had arrived from a trip up the country.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 » by Various
- The men all laughed heartily, and tried to trip up the pursuer.
- Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
- Courtesy is just love in little things, but it is in the little things that we trip up.
- Extract from : « The Calvary Road » by Roy Hession
- The trip up the river in January is by no means a pleasure one.
- Extract from : « With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia » by One of its Officer
- I took a trip up to Oroya over the wonderful Meiggs railway.
- Extract from : « Ranching, Sport and Travel » by Thomas Carson
- We are planning a trip up the Maggiore to-morrow, and we have to have a cake to take with us.
- Extract from : « Jerry » by Jean Webster
- We are planning a trip up the Maggiore tomorrow, and we have to have a cake to take with us.
- Extract from : « Jerry Junior » by Jean Webster
- As a wind-up to the season they'd taken her on a yachtin' trip up the coast.
- Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
- We must induce him to quit the chair of office, and take a trip up the river this spring.
- Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
- When I got to Jacksonville, I heard that you had gone on a trip up the river.
- Extract from : « Down South » by Oliver Optic
Antonyms for trip up
- accomplish
- achieve
- aid
- allow
- assist
- attend
- be honest
- calm
- continue
- correct
- disenchant
- disentangle
- do
- do well
- endure
- exclude
- face
- fail
- find
- fix
- free
- heed
- help
- hold
- idle
- keep
- laze
- let go
- liberate
- look at
- lose
- maintain
- meet
- note
- notice
- pay attention
- persist
- regard
- release
- remain
- remember
- respect
- stabilize
- stay
- steady
- succeed
- turn off
- untangle
- untwist
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