trip over

Example Sentences

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Wearing an eye mask fashioned out of a dollar bill with strategic holes cut in it, so as not to trip over Jeff Bezos, Paulson’s look dared to ask: “In this economy?”

From Salon • May 5, 2026

What if you decided, today, that you fancied a trip over to the United States to watch England or Scotland?

From BBC • May 3, 2026

“I’d love to see art again and landscapes and the beauty of the world. And I’d like not to trip over curbs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

“Just to put it in perspective, if you told a Wall Street investor they’d get a $33,000 return on every one dollar invested, they would trip over themselves to get in on that deal.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

I’m so surprised, I almost trip over a root.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison