"trip over one's own two feet" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: trips over one's own two feet [present, singular, third-person], tripping over one's own two feet [participle, present], tripped over one's own two feet [participle, past], tripped over one's own two feet [past]
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  1. To stumble while walking, without having tripped over anything. Translations (to stumble while walking, without having tripped over anything): kompastua jalkoihinsa (Finnish), über sene eigenen Füße stolpern (German)
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