"trip over oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Celestial Soccer Bunny-trip over oneself.wav Forms: trips over oneself [present, singular, third-person], tripping over oneself [participle, present], tripped over oneself [participle, past], tripped over oneself [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} trip over oneself (third-person singular simple present trips over oneself, present participle tripping over oneself, simple past and past participle tripped over oneself)
  1. Make an extreme effort to do something.

Inflected forms

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