trip

noun

/trɪp/

Idioms

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a journey to a place and back again, especially a short one for pleasure or a particular purpose
- Did you have a good trip?
- We went on a trip to the mountains.
- a boat/coach/bus trip
- a business/school/shopping trip
- a fishing/camping trip
- They took a trip down the river.
- We had to make several trips to bring all the equipment over.
- Jack made a return trip (= another visit to the same place) later that year.
- The return trip (= back to the place where you started) on the bike was much easier and quicker than the outbound trip.
- He went with her on her overseas trips.
- She's away on a short trip.
- He is planning a trip to Vienna.
- They organize short bike trips.
- He has just returned from a three-day trip to Australia.
see also day trip, ego trip, field trip, power trip, road trip, round trip
Synonyms trip
trip
- journey
- tour
- expedition
- excursion
- outing
- day out
These are all words for an act of travelling to a place.
- trip an act of travelling from one place to another, and usually back again:
  a business trip
  a five-minute trip by taxi
- journey an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are a long way apart:
  a long and difficult journey across the mountains
trip or journey?A trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey, although it does not have to be: a trip to New York • a round-the-world trip . It is often short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used when the travelling takes a long time and is difficult. In North American English journey is not used for short trips (British English) Don't use the car for short journeys.
- tour a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited:
  a tour of Bavaria
- expedition an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known:
  the first expedition to the South Pole
- excursion a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people:
  We went on an all-day excursion to the island.
- outing a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day:
  The children were on a day’s outing from school.
- day out a trip to somewhere for a day, especially for pleasure:
  We had a day out at the beach.
Patterns
- a(n) foreign/overseas trip/journey/tour/expedition
- a bus/coach/train/rail trip/journey/tour
- to go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/outing/day out
- to set out/off on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
- to make a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
Collocations Travel and tourism
Travel and tourismHolidays/vacations
- have/take (British English) a holiday/(North American English) a vacation/a break/a day off/(British English) a gap year
- go on/be on holiday/vacation/leave/honeymoon/safari/a trip/a tour/a cruise/a pilgrimage
- go backpacking/camping/hitchhiking/sightseeing
- plan a trip/a holiday/a vacation/your itinerary
- book accommodation/a hotel room/a flight/tickets
- have/make/cancel a reservation/(especially British English) booking
- rent a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a holiday cottage
- (especially British English) hire/ (especially North American English) rent a car/bicycle/moped
- stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth hostel/a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a caravan
- cost/charge $100 a/per night for a single/double/twin/standard/(British English) en suite room
- check into/out of a hotel/a motel/your room
- pack/unpack your suitcase/bags
- call/order room service
- cancel/cut short a trip/holiday/vacation
Foreign travel
- apply for/get/renew a/your passport
- take out/buy/get travel insurance
- catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/connecting flight
- fly (in)/travel in business/economy class
- make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour stopover/(North American English also) layover in Hong Kong
- experience/cause/lead to delays
- check (in)/collect/get/lose (your) (especially British English) luggage/(especially North American English) baggage
- be charged for/pay excess baggage
- board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/plane/ship/ferry
- taxi down/leave/approach/hit/overshoot the runway
- experience/hit/encounter severe turbulence
- suffer from/recover from/get over your jet lag/travel sickness
The tourist industry
- attract/draw/bring tourists/visitors
- encourage/promote/hurt tourism
- promote/develop ecotourism
- build/develop/visit a tourist/holiday/(especially British English) seaside/beach/ski resort
- work for/be operated by a major hotel chain
- be served by/compete with low-cost/(especially North American English) low-fare/budget airlines
- book something through/make a booking through/use a travel agent
- contact/check with your travel agent/tour operator
- book/be on/go on a package deal/holiday/tour
- buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced) souvenirs
Extra Examples
- Enjoy your trip!
- He makes frequent trips to Poland.
- He's just back from a trip to Alaska.
- I had to cut short my trip when my wallet was stolen.
- My last trip abroad was two years ago.
- Don't make a special trip just to get my newspaper.
- In their last two away trips, Everton were defeated by Spurs.
- The first prize is a free trip to New York.
- The food alone made the trip worthwhile.
- The rest of our trip was uneventful.
- The trip home took us five hours!
- They are hoping to complete the trip in four days.
- They saved for years for their trip of a lifetime to Hawaii.
- Well, have a safe trip back!
- a five-minute trip by taxi
- her dream trip to New Zealand
- Because of bad weather conditions, the trip was cancelled.
- Tomorrow there will be a boat trip to the island.
- We used to go on school trips to France when we were kids.
Topics Holidaysa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- extended
- long
- brief
- …
verb + trip
- be (away) on
- do
- go on
- …
preposition
- on trip
- trip by
- trip to
- …
phrases
- a trip abroad
- the trip home
- the trip of a lifetime
- …
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(slang) the experience that somebody has if they take a powerful drug that affects the mind and makes them imagine things
- an acid (= LSD) trip
an act of falling or nearly falling down, because you hit your foot against something

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French triper, from Middle Dutch trippen ‘to skip, hop’.

Idioms

a guilt trip

(informal) things you say to somebody in order to make them feel guilty about something
- Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.
- She was trying to lay a guilt trip on me.

a trip/walk down memory lane

time that you spend thinking about and remembering the past or going to a place again in order to remind yourself of past experiences
- Visiting my old school was a real trip down memory lane.

trip

verb

/trɪp/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they trip	/trɪp/ /trɪp/
he / she / it trips	/trɪps/ /trɪps/
past simple tripped	/trɪpt/ /trɪpt/
past participle tripped	/trɪpt/ /trɪpt/
-ing form tripping	/ˈtrɪpɪŋ/ /ˈtrɪpɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

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[intransitive] to catch your foot on something and fall or almost fall
- She tripped and fell.
- trip over/on something Someone will trip over that cable.
- I tripped over my own feet and fell down the stairs.
- (figurative) I was tripping over my words in my excitement to tell them the news.
- (figurative) Lawyers were tripping over each other (= competing with each other in a hurried way) to get a piece of the action.
- trip over/up Be careful you don't trip up on the step.
Extra Examples
- She tripped on the loose stones.
- One of the boys tripped over and crashed into a tree.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- accidentally
- almost
- nearly
- …
preposition
- on
- over
phrases
- trip and fall
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[transitive] trip somebody
(also trip somebody up)
to catch somebody’s foot and make them fall or almost fall
- As I passed, he stuck out a leg and tried to trip me up.
- The referee said Morgan was tripped and gave a penalty.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- accidentally
- almost
- nearly
- …
preposition
- on
- over
phrases
- trip and fall
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[intransitive] + adv./prep. (literary) to walk, run or dance with quick light steps
- She said goodbye and tripped off along the road.
- She came tripping lightly down the stairs.
- (figurative) a melody with a light tripping rhythm
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- lightly
- out
preposition
- along
- down
- up
- …
phrases
- come tripping
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[transitive] trip something to release a switch, etc. or to operate something by doing so
- to trip a switch
- Any intruders will trip the alarm.
[intransitive] (informal) to be under the influence of a drug that makes you hallucinate

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French triper, from Middle Dutch trippen ‘to skip, hop’.

Idioms

roll/slip/trip off the tongue

to be easy to say or pronounce
- It's not a name that exactly trips off the tongue, is it?