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trip up
Idioms and Phrases
Make or cause someone to make a mistake, as in The other finalist tripped up when he was asked to spell “trireme,†or They tripped him up with that difficult question . [Second half of 1700s]Example Sentences
Any trip up into the foothills or canyons and I am immediately brought back to my childhood spent traipsing around the San Gabriel Mountains.
It's unclear, however, how much of it the administration will be able to and willing to implement through the administrative rule process, he added, noting that the rule-making requirement "tripped up" the first Trump administration.
He said his visit to Shelf on Thursday was his second trip up and a second attempt to see one of his bucket-list birds.
Another point that has tripped up some residents is that upon approval for the buyout, the property owner will be required to release the city and all other agencies of liability.
This year's swan upping trip up the river had the involvement of schools along the route, in an attempt to spread the message about protecting wildlife.
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