trip up

phrasal verb

tripped up; tripping up; trips up
: to cause (someone) to make a mistake
He tried to trip up the cashier as she counted his change.

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Now that decision, already tripped up by a court ruling about the FCC's authority on this issue, looks much more doomed than most of the Biden-Harris administration’s tech-policy moves once Trump can get new commissioners confirmed by the Senate. Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024 Defensive end Austin Booker, hustling from the back side, dived and tried to trip up Demercado but missed. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024 The short trip up to Marinid Tombs is a must, particularly at sunset to get a sense of the city as a whole and watch the sun light up the fields and mountains nearby. Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024 This week she gets tripped up by Sarah, who still isn’t happy about having to share Olympia’s attention with this elderly interloper. Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trip up 

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“Trip up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trip%20up. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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