trip
/tɹɪp/ verb B2- To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot · Be careful not to trip on those tree roots. You tripped over the cat and fell downstairs just last week.
- To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them. · A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.
- To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
- To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch. · When we get into the factory, trip the lights.
- To be activated, as by a signal or an event · The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.
- Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).
- To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs. · After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.
- To journey, to make a trip. · Last summer, we tripped to the coast.
He/she/it trips · Past tripped · Past participle tripped · -ing form tripping
Verb forms
- Base form
- trip
- He/she/it
- trips
- Past
- tripped
- Past participle
- tripped
- -ing form
- tripping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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It was a lovely trip, the dainty green of the spring below, the virgin white of the winter above; but it was clear to me that never for one instant did Holmes forget the shadow which lay across him.
But at last he made a trip—only a little, little trip—but it was more than he could afford when I was so close upon him.
“Watson, your country-trip has been a distinct success.
You are not averse to this trip, Watson?”
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