trip

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/tɹɪp/

noun 8verb 5adj 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

extended, long | brief, little, quick, short

day, overnight, weekend

My family is planning an overnight trip to visit my grandparents next month.

frequent, occasional, rare, regular

My grandmother takes regular trips to visit her sister in the countryside every summer.

return, round

We're planning a return trip to Japan next spring to visit our friends again.

foreign, overseas | round-the-world, world | European, Japan, etc. | boat, coach, cycle, etc. | business, fishing, pleasure, shopping, sightseeing

school

The students enjoyed their school trip to the local zoo last week.

field

The school organized a field trip to the science museum last month.

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VERB + TRIP

be (away) on, go on, make, take

Last summer we made an amazing trip to Japan and visited three different cities.

have

We had an amazing trip to the mountains last summer.

come back from, return from

be back from

My parents will be back from their trip to Japan next week.

arrange, organize, plan | book | cancel | extend

cut short

We had to cut short our family trip because my daughter got sick.

enjoy

My family really enjoyed the trip to the beach last summer.

PREP

~ by

We took a relaxing trip by train through the countryside last summer.

~ to

My family is planning a trip to the beach next summer.

PHRASES

a trip abroad

She is planning a trip abroad to visit her sister in France next summer.

the trip home

After the conference ended, the trip home felt much longer because of heavy traffic on the highway.

the trip of a lifetime

After years of planning, she finally took the trip of a lifetime to Japan.

(verb.) knock your foot on sth and fall

ADV

almost, nearly

over, up

She tripped over the loose rug and spilled coffee all over her white shirt.

PREP

He stumbled badly when he tripped on the rug in the hallway.

over

She tripped over her own feet while running down the stairs.

PHRASES

trip and fall

He wasn't watching where he was going and tripped and fell down the basement stairs.

(verb.) walk lightly

ADV

lightly | out

PREP

along

The children skipped along the beach, collecting shells during their morning trip.

down

The children raced down the slide, tripping over each other in their excitement.

PHRASES

come tripping

Definitions

noun

A journey; an excursion or jaunt.

We made a trip to the beach.

I sold my horse and took a trip to Ceylon and back on an Orient boat as a passenger,

A stumble or misstep.

He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.

An error; a failure; a mistake.

Imperfect words, with childish trips.

Each seeming trip, and each digressive start.

A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.

He had a strange trip after taking LSD.

Unlike other accepted stimuli, from nicotine to liquor, the hallucinogens promise those who take the “trip” a magic-carpet escape from dull reality in which perceptions are heightened, sense distorted, and the imagination permanently bedazzled with ecstatic visions of teleological verity.

Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.

ego trip

power trip

verb

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.

Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch.

To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc

And the Pharasay / Then durst nothynge say, / But let the matter slyp, / And made truth to tryp;

[T]ill his Tongue trips

To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

These her women can trip me if I err.

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.

adj

Of or relating to trips (three of a kind).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

noun — a catch mechanism that acts as a switch

tripper

noun — an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

slip

verb — put in motion or move to act

verb — make a trip for pleasure

verb — miss a step and fall or nearly fall

stumble

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

guilt trip

A feeling of shame or embarrassment, especially if self-indulgent, unwarranted, exaggerated or felt over a significant period of time.

to go on a guilt trip

trip to the woodshed

An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered privately.

More than a few of the 3,000 members of the National Association of Manufacturers, gathered for their annual convention in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel last week, felt like sm

trip out

To hallucinate or otherwise alter one's consciousness as a result of drugs.

They started to trip out after five minutes of eating the mushrooms.

bad trip

An acute adverse psychological reaction to the effects produced under the influence of psychoactive substances, namely hallucinogens.

have a safe trip home

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, a, safe, trip, home.

Example Bank

We made a trip to the beach.

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I sold my horse and took a trip to Ceylon and back on an Orient boat as a passenger,

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We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at A

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Be careful not to trip on those tree roots. You tripped over the cat and fell downstairs just last week.

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A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.

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Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch.

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Usage Notes

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