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trips over

trips over is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 trips over

What is trips over the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Trips over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of trip over.

Words near trips over in the dictionary

  1. trips
  2. trips balls
  3. trips formation
  4. trips from the tongue
  5. trips out
  6. trips over
  7. trips over oneself
  8. trips the light fantastic
  9. trips the light fantastic toe
  10. trips to the woodshed
  11. trips up

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