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tripped over

tripped over is the simple past and past participle of trip over.

Meaning of trip over

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.

Questions about tripped over

What is tripped over the simple past and past participle of?
Tripped over is the simple past and past participle of trip over.

Words near tripped over in the dictionary

  1. Trippe
  2. tripped
  3. tripped balls
  4. tripped from the tongue
  5. tripped out
  6. tripped over
  7. tripped over oneself
  8. tripped the light fantastic
  9. tripped the light fantastic toe
  10. tripped up
  11. tripper

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