trip up

phrasal verb

tripped up; tripping up; trips up

: to cause (someone) to make a mistake

He tried to trip up the cashier as she counted his change.

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Yet for all the truth-telling powers of the market claimed by prediction market boosters, they can still get tripped up: People make bad investments all the time. —

Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024 Now that decision, already tripped up by a court ruling about the FCC's authority on this issue, looks much more doomed than most of the Biden-Harris administration’s tech-policy moves once Trump can get new commissioners confirmed by the Senate. —

Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024 Defensive end Austin Booker, hustling from the back side, dived and tried to trip up Demercado but missed. —

Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024 The short trip up to Marinid Tombs is a must, particularly at sunset to get a sense of the city as a whole and watch the sun light up the fields and mountains nearby. —

Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trip up