triptrip2 ●●○ verb (tripped, tripping) 
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[intransitive] to hit something with your foot by accident so that you fall or almost fall: 
Jack tripped on/over the bottom step.THESAURUSfall, slip, stumble, lose your balance► see thesaurus at fall12[transitive] also trip up to make someone fall by putting your foot in front of him/her when s/he is moving3[transitive] to accidentally make an electrical system operate by moving part of it: An intruder had tripped the alarm.trip up phrasal verb to make a mistake, or to cause someone to make a mistake: The question was intended to trip him up.
1 [intransitive] to hit something with your foot by accident so that you fall or almost fall: Jack tripped on/over the bottom step.THESAURUSfall, slip, stumble, lose your balance► see thesaurus at fall12[transitive] also trip up to make someone fall by putting your foot in front of him/her when s/he is moving3[transitive] to accidentally make an electrical system operate by moving part of it: An intruder had tripped the alarm.trip up phrasal verb to make a mistake, or to cause someone to make a mistake: The question was intended to trip him up.
