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trip up

VERB
falter
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flounder hesitate reel waver wobble
STRONG
bobble break fluctuate fluff halt lurch quaver rock roll scruple shake stagger stammer teeter topple totter tremble vacillate
WEAK
be undecided drop the ball hem and haw speak haltingly stub toe whiffle
Antonyms
STRONG
calm hold remain stabilize stay steady
WEAK
continue endure maintain persist
VERB
flounder
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flop stumble wallow
STRONG
blunder bobble flummox fumble grope labor lurch muddle plunge pratfall snafu strive thrash toil toss travail tumble
WEAK
cast about come apart at the seams drop the ball fall down foul up go at backwards go to pieces make a mess of miss one's cue screw up slip up stub one's toe work at
Antonyms
STRONG
idle laze
WEAK
do well succeed
VERB
miss
Synonyms
STRONG
blow blunder botch disregard drop err flub forget fumble ignore juggle lose miscarry misfire mislay misplace muff neglect omit overlook overshoot skip slight slip trip undershoot
WEAK
be late for drop the ball fall flat on face fall short let go let slip pass over pass up
Antonyms
STRONG
accomplish achieve attend correct do do well face find fix heed keep look at meet note notice pay attention regard remember respect succeed
VERB
trap
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ambush
STRONG
ambuscade beguile circumvent collar corner corral deceive decoy dupe enmesh ensnare entangle entrap fool grab hook inveigle land mousetrap nab nail net overtake seduce snag surprise take tangle trammel
WEAK
box in rope in suck in
Antonyms
STRONG
aid assist disenchant disentangle free help let go liberate lose release untangle untwist

Example Sentences

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He still texts some of his friends about sports, and he’s planning to make a trip up the hill soon just to walk around and greet people.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

After routing their bitter rivals 4-1 in November, they made the short trip up the Seven Sisters Road to inflict another humiliating defeat that pushed Tottenham deeper into the relegation mire.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

Macro concerns didn’t trip up stocks, as the three major benchmarks rose on the day, led by the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

"When you are on a wartime footing, there's a sense of urgency. The urgency of delivering the service becomes more important than rules that sometimes trip up bureaucracies," he says.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2025

I still had to navigate the fallen bricks so I would not trip up again.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter