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 trip up
 絆倒,犯錯誤,抓住某人的過錯

 Trip, v. t.
 1. To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
    The words of Hobbes's defense trip up the heels of his cause.   --Abp. Bramhall.
 2. (Fig.): To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
    To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword.   --Shak.
 3. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict; also called trip up. [R.]
    These her women can trip me if I err.   --Shak.
 4. Naut. (a) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free. (b) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
 5. Mach. To release, let fall, or set free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent; to activate by moving a release mechanism, often unintentionally; as, to trip an alarm.

 trip up
      v 1: detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the
           senator" [syn: catch]
      2: cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"
         [syn: trip]
      3: make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name" [syn:
         stumble, slip up]