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TRIP-UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trip-up mean?
• TRIP-UP (noun)
The noun TRIP-UP has 1 sense:
1. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
Familiarity information: TRIP-UP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unintentional but embarrassing blunder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
misstep; stumble; trip; trip-up
Context example:
confusion caused his unfortunate misstep
Hypernyms ("trip-up" is a kind of...):
bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall (an embarrassing mistake)
Derivation:
trip up (detect a blunder or misstep)
trip up (make an error)
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