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trip over

trip over verb: to trip or stumble and almost fall, as a result of bumping into someone or something with one's feet.

Verb

trip over (third-person singular simple present trips over, present participle tripping over, simple past and past participle tripped over)

  1. To trip or stumble and almost fall, as a result of bumping into someone or something with one's feet.

Forms of trip over

third-person singular presenttrips over
present participletripping over
past participletripped over
pasttripped over

Questions about trip over

What does trip over mean?
Trip over means to trip or stumble and almost fall, as a result of bumping into someone or something with one's feet.
What part of speech is trip over?
Trip over is a verb.
What is the past tense of trip over?
The past tense of trip over is tripped over.

Words near trip over in the dictionary

  1. trip meters
  2. trip odometer
  3. trip odometers
  4. trip off the tongue
  5. trip out
  6. trip over
  7. trip over one's own two feet
  8. trip over oneself
  9. trip recorder
  10. trip recorders
  11. trip sat

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