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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator" [syn: trip up, catch]
2: cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up" [syn: trip, trip up]
3: make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name" [syn: stumble, slip up, trip up]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone or something trips a person up, or if they trip up, they fail or make a mistake. Your own lies will trip you up... He will do all he can to trip up the new right-wing government... The two occasions she tripped up tell you nothing about how often she got away with it. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron), V P see also trip 2, 3