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trip

noun
  1. A usually short journey taken for pleasure: excursion, jaunt, junket, outing. See move
  2. An act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true: erratum, error, inaccuracy, incorrectness, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, slip, slip-up. See correct
  3. Slang. An illusion of perceiving something that does not really exist: hallucination, phantasmagoria, phantasmagory. See real
  4. Slang. A temporary concentration of interest: Slang: kick. See excite
verb
  1. To catch the foot against something and lose one's balance: stumble. Idioms: lose one's footing, make a false step. See move
  2. To bound lightly: hop, skip, skitter, spring. See move
  3. To make or go on a journey: journey, pass, peregrinate, travel, trek. Idiom: hit the road. See move
  4. To release or move (a switch, for example) in order to activate, deactivate, or control a device: throw. See move
phrasal verb

trip up
To make an error or mistake: err, miscue, mistake, slip, slip up, stumble. See correct

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