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tripped over oneself

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

Meaning of trip over oneself

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

Questions about tripped over oneself

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

Words near tripped over oneself in the dictionary

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

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