trip up

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verb

1. detect a blunder or misstep (Freq. 1)
- The reporter tripped up the senator
• Syn:
catch
• Derivationally related forms:
trip-up
• Hypernyms:
learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up,
find out, get a line, discover, see
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. make an error
- She slipped up and revealed the name
• Syn:
stumble, slip up
• Derivationally related forms:
trip-up, slip-up (for: slip up), stumble (for: stumble), stumbler (for: stumble)
• Hypernyms:
err, mistake, slip
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. cause to stumble
- The questions on the test tripped him up
• Syn:
trip
• Derivationally related forms:
trip (for: trip)
• Cause:
stumble, trip
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody