trip

trip¹ W2S2 [trıp] n

1.)

a visit to a place that involves a journey, for pleasure or a particular purpose

trip to

▪ Did you enjoy your trip to Disneyland?

trip from

▪ The Palace is only a short trip from here.

business/school/shopping etc trip

▪ a business trip to Japan

▪ Two lucky employees won a round-the-world trip.

coach/boat/bus trip

▪ a boat trip up the Thames

day trip

(=a pleasure trip done in one day)

▪ It's an 80-mile round trip (=a journey to a place and back again) to Exeter.

return trip

(=when you are travelling back to where you started)

▪ I'm afraid you've had a wasted trip (=a trip in which you do not achieve your purpose) Mr Burgess has already left.

go on/take a trip

▪ We're thinking of taking a trip to the mountains.

▪ He was unable to make the trip to accept the award.

see usage note ↑travel²

2.) informal

the strange mental experiences someone has when they take a drug such as ↑LSD

▪ a bad trip

3.) [singular] AmE informal a person or experience that is amusing and unusual

▪ Julie's such a trip!

4.)

an act of falling as a result of hitting something with your foot

▪ accidents caused by trips or falls

→↑ego trip,guilt trip at ↑guilt¹ (4), round trip

trip ²

trip² v past tense and past participle tripped present participle tripping

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1¦(fall)¦

2¦(make somebody fall)¦

3¦(switch on)¦

4¦(walk/dance)¦

5 trip off the tongue

6¦(drug)¦

7 trip the light fantastic

Phrasal verbs

　trip up

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[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: triper]

1.) ¦(FALL)¦ also trip up

to hit something with your foot by accident so that you fall or almost fall

= ↑stumble

▪ He tripped and fell .

trip over

▪ Clary tripped over a cable and broke his foot.

trip on

▪ He tripped on the bottom step.

2.) ¦(MAKE SOMEBODY FALL)¦ [i]also trip up [T]

to make someone fall by putting your foot in front of them when they are moving

▪ Baggio was tripped inside the penalty area.

3.) ¦(SWITCH ON)¦ [T]

to switch on a piece of electrical equipment by accident

▪ An intruder had tripped the alarm.

4.) ¦(WALK/DANCE)¦ [I always + adverb/preposition]

literary to walk, run, or dance with quick light steps

▪ a little girl tripping down the lane

5.) trip off the tongue

to be easy to say or pronounce

▪ Monofluorophosphate! It doesn't exactly trip off the tongue, does it?

6.) ¦(DRUG)¦ also trip out [i]informal

to experience the mental effects of a drug such as ↑LSD

▪ They must have been tripping.

7.) trip the light fantastic

to dance - used humorously

trip up phr v

1.) to make a mistake, or to force someone to make a mistake by tricking them

▪ On his latest album, Kowalski trips up attempting more modern songs.

trip sb<=>up

▪ an attempt to trip up the Prime Minister on policy issues

2.) to hit something with your foot so that you fall, or to make someone do this

trip sb<=>up

▪ He chased the thief, tripped him up, and grabbed the camera.