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

In September 1910, the carmaker sponsored a round-trip tour from New York to Boston, with a side trip up New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, totaling about 1,600 km. — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2026

Those hearings would be designed to trip up administration officials. — David Lim, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Rare cancers, unusual-looking moles and blurry photos can trip up an algorithm. — Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Dolan was right that distractions can trip up a team, sowing just enough discord among its players to derail their chances at another title, and cut short their fans' chances at another joyous summer. — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for trip up

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