trip up

trip up

See also: trip-up

English

Verb

trip up (third-person singular simple present trips up, present participle tripping up, simple past and past participle tripped up)

1. (intransitive) To commit an error, make a mistake.
2. (transitive) To cause (someone) to commit an error, trick into a mistake.
3. (intransitive) To fall or stumble.
4. (transitive) To cause (someone) to fall or stumble.

Translations

make a mistake

Dutch: in de fout gaan

French: se tromper (fr)

cause to commit an error

Dutch: tot een fout verleiden

French: tromper (fr), duper (fr), arnaquer (fr)

fall or stumble

Maori: tūtuki

cause to fall or stumble

Danish: spænde ben German: Bein stellen Hungarian: elgáncsol (hu)

Maori: rapahuki, hīrau Norwegian: Bokmål: spenne bein, spenne ben