trip up

verb

tripped up; tripping up; trips up

: to cause (someone) to make a mistake

He tried to trip up the cashier as she counted his change.

Examples of trip up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With one quick trip up the glass elevator, the doors opened and a bronze Norman Rockwell statue sat in the corner, painting and inviting me in. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Safety Malik Hooker tripped up on a play and collided with a Giants player resulting in a right forearm fracture. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026

For Ferrari to have tripped up so spectacularly at Monza of all races only added to the friction. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

But one hurdle that trips up a lot of new entrepreneurs is finding trustworthy talent to handle tasks that are outside of their skill set. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for trip up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup