what does trip-up mean?
TRIP-UP as NOUN
- Meaning
- an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- 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(s) trip-up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
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