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trips over oneself

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

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

Words near trips over oneself in the dictionary

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

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