trip-up
— Noun
– English
~ an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
turn up
— Verb
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~ discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"
turn up
— Verb
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~ find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
turn up the heat
— Verb
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~ apply great or increased pressure; "The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election"
trip up
— Verb
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~ detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator"
tune up
— Verb
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~ adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano needs to be tuned"
turn up the pressure
— Verb
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~ apply great or increased pressure; "The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election"
turn up
— Verb
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~ bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
turn up
— Verb
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~ be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"
trip up
— Verb
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~ cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"
trick up
— Verb
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~ put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
turn up
— Verb
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~ appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"
true up
— Verb
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~ make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine"
trip up
— Verb
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~ make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"
trice up
— Verb
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~ raise with a line; "trice a window shade"
trice up
— Verb
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~ hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope
tune up
— Verb
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~ adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine"
trump up
— Verb
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~ invent; "trump up charges"
taken up
— Adjective
– English
~ having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman"
trumped-up
— Adjective
– English
~ concocted with intent to deceive; "trumped-up charges"