词组 | trip up |
释义 | trip up 1. trip up • trip sb up • trip up sb especially BrE to fall or nearly fall, especially because you hit your foot against something on the ground, or to make someone do this: ▪ The path's very uneven - careful you don't trip up. ▪ Someone put out a foot and tripped the boy up as he was trying to escape. trip up on sth ▪ She tripped up on a branch which sent her flying into the bushes. 2. trip sb up • trip up sb to deliberately cause someone to make a mistake, especially by making them say something that they did not intend or want to say: ▪ I wondered why the police had asked me that again. Were they trying to trip me up? ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑catch out trip up to make a mistake, especially by saying something that you did not intend or want to say: ▪ Sally realized that she would have to be more careful, or she could easily trip up in conversation. |
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