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pick up vs trip up

trip up vs pick up

pick up and trip up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pick up No No Yes No
trip up No No Yes No
As verbs, trip up is a hyponym of pick up; that is, trip up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pick up:
  • pick up: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
  • trip up: detect a blunder or misstep
Other hyponyms of pick up include get the goods, wise up, catch, ascertain.
pick up (verb) trip up (verb)
gain or regain energy detect a blunder or misstep
improve significantly; go from bad to good make an error
lift out or reflect from a background cause to stumble
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
eat by pecking at, like a bird
take into custody
take up by hand
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
take and lift upward
perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
register (perceptual input)
buy casually or spontaneously
gather or collect
get in addition, as an increase
meet someone for sexual purposes
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