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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

• TRIP-UP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An unintentional but embarrassing blunder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

misstep; trip-up; stumble; trip

Context examples:

he recited the whole poem without a single trip / he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later / 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)

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