Overview of noun trip-up

The noun trip-up has 1 sense

• trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep -- (an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep")

Overview of verb trip-up

The verb trip up has 3 senses

• trip up, catch -- (detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator")


• trip, trip up -- (cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up")


• stumble, slip up, trip up -- (make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name")