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

Stone Heard of Kansas City made the trip up to Lawrence specifically to see the pop artist perform. — Rashad Alexander october 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026

And their lawsuit against Fox and Hall alleges one more thing about that trip up the highway. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

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

Rhymes for trip up

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