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trip over oneself

trip over oneself verb: make an extreme effort to do something.

Verb

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

  1. Make an extreme effort to do something.
    • Tripping over myself. Aching, begging you to come help. And now that I'm without your kisses, I'll be needing stitches.2015, “Stiches”, performed by Shawn Mendes

Forms of trip over oneself

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

Questions about trip over oneself

What does trip over oneself mean?
Trip over oneself means make an extreme effort to do something.
What part of speech is trip over oneself?
Trip over oneself is a verb.
What is the past tense of trip over oneself?
The past tense of trip over oneself is tripped over oneself.

Words near trip over oneself in the dictionary

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

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