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Moon7296 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
trip up someone.
As I passed, he stuck out a leg and tried to trip me up.
Q1) My dictionary says that the expression "trip someone up" is usually used in Britain. Americans are not familiar with it?
Q2) Are there other expressions that contain the same meaning?
Q1) My dictionary says that the expression "trip someone up" is usually used in Britain. Americans are not familiar with it?
Q2) Are there other expressions that contain the same meaning?
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moon7296 Q1) My dictionary says that the expression "trip someone up" is usually used in Britain. Americans are not familiar with it? We would not include 'up' in your sentence.
- moon7296 Q1) My dictionary says that the expression "trip someone up" is usually used in Britain.
- Americans are not familiar with it?
- We would not include 'up' in your sentence.
- moon7296 Q2) Are there other expressions that contain the same meaning?
- None springs to mind.
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moon7296Q1) My dictionary says that the expression "trip someone up" is usually used in Britain. Americans are not familiar with it?We would not include 'up' in your sentence.
moon7296Q2) Are there other expressions that contain the same meaning?None springs to mind. I would simply say: 'As I passed, he stuck out a leg a
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