tripped

VERB

fall, err

Synonyms

STRONGEST

skip slide slip slip on stumble topple tumble

STRONG

buck canter confuse disconcert founder frolic hop lapse lope lurch miscalculate misstep pitch play plunge sprawl spring unsettle

WEAK

fall over go headlong go wrong lose balance lose footing make a faux pas slip up throw off

Antonyms

STRONG

order succeed

WEAK

correct fix

Example Sentences

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You’re not the first traveler to write Tripped Up after missing a cruise because of flight delays on the very itinerary the cruise company booked for them.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

I would have moved on to help another Tripped Up reader, but Norwegian’s use of the responsibility-shirking phrase “as a gesture of good will” bugged me.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

“Did he do anything to his toe? Bought new shoes? Tripped on the treadmill? Dropped the lid of a Le Creuset Dutch oven on it?”

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2022

Tripped up: Singer Leonard Cohen appears to have died after a fall—the leading cause of accidental death among the elderly.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2016

The sliders never dreamed of harm, They sailed like ships at sea; 'Twas Meg and Weg, Who Tripped up Peg, And brought to grief their spree.

From The Adventure of Two Dutch Dolls and a 'Golliwogg' by Upton, Florence K.