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trip-up

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Noun

an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
- he recited the whole poem without a single trip
- he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later
- confusion caused his unfortunate misstep

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Synonyms:
trip stumble misstep

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "trip-up":
trip trip-up tripe trip up true up
Words contain "trip-up" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
trip-up trip junket misstep turnaround jaunt stumble travel greco-roman wrestling turnround more...

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