trip up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer que quelqu'un trébuche ou fait une erreur, ou est pris en flagrant délit d'erreur.

A phrasal verb used to indicate causing someone to stumble or make a mistake, or to be caught in an error.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Stumble or lose balanceinformal

   To catch one's foot on something and stumble or fall.

   trébucher

   • He tripped up on the loose carpet and fell.
   • She tripped up over a tree root while running.
   • Be careful not to trip up on the uneven pavement.

   Synonymesmisstepslipstumbletrip

2. Make a mistakeinformal

   To make an error or be caught in a mistake, often in a performance or argument.

   Trébucher (au sens figuré), faire une erreur

   • The politician tripped up during the debate when asked about taxes.
   • She tripped up on the difficult math problem.
   • He tripped up by forgetting his lines in the play.

   Synonymesblundererrfaltermiscalculatemisstepslip upstumble

3. Cause someone to make a mistakeinformal

   To deliberately cause someone to make an error or reveal a secret.

   Faire trébucher (au sens figuré)

   • The interviewer tried to trip him up with tricky questions.
   • They set a trap to trip up the suspect during questioning.
   • Don't let the tricky wording trip you up on the exam.

   Synonymescatch outensnareentraplead astraytraptrick

   Antonymesaidassisthelpsupport

Verbe de basetrip