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

For now, voters in Florida are more likely to be tripped up by smaller hurdles. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026

While Apple suffered little penalty in its Epic case, Google was tripped up by its anti-competitive management of the supposedly open Android ecosystem. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026

Those rooms are tricky and repeatedly trip up the players who are actually trying to win. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026

That’s the beauty of the shoe; they can be paired with linen pants for a trip up the coast, a sundress for weekend strolls, or Bermuda shorts for a day at the office. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 10 July 2026

Rhymes for trip up

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