"trip over" meaning in English

See trip over in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: trips over [present, singular, third-person], tripping over [participle, present], tripped over [participle, past], tripped over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} trip over (third-person singular simple present trips over, present participle tripping over, simple past and past participle tripped over)
  1. To trip or stumble and almost fall, as a result of bumping into someone or something with one's feet. Translations (to trip or stumble and almost fall, as a result of bumping into someone or something with one's feet): tropezar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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