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to trip over
[phrase form: trip]
01
to lose balance and almost fall by accidentally colliding with an object while walking or running
Transitive: to trip over sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Movement verb
Regular
Inseparable
Present tense
trip over
3rd person singular
trips over
Past simple
tripped over
Past participle
tripped over
Examples
The participant had to be careful not to trip over the wires on the stage.
