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trip over one's own two feet

trip over one's own two feet verb: to stumble while walking, without having tripped over anything.

Verb

trip over one's own two feet (third-person singular simple present trips over one's own two feet, present participle tripping over one's own two feet, simple past and past participle tripped over one's own two feet)

  1. To stumble while walking, without having tripped over anything.

Forms of trip over one's own two feet

third-person singular presenttrips over one's own two feet
present participletripping over one's own two feet
past participletripped over one's own two feet
pasttripped over one's own two feet

Questions about trip over one's own two feet

What does trip over one's own two feet mean?
Trip over one's own two feet means to stumble while walking, without having tripped over anything.
What part of speech is trip over one's own two feet?
Trip over one's own two feet is a verb.
What is the past tense of trip over one's own two feet?
The past tense of trip over one's own two feet is tripped over one's own two feet.

Words near trip over one's own two feet in the dictionary

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

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