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Definition of trip up

trip up

  • to cause someone to make a mistake.
                                                                                                                                                                                       

    Citation from "How LAPD's 'Closers' Nabbed the Westside Rapist", LA Weekly, Christine Pelisek, July 22, 2009 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Oct 08 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 26 2009.

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