- trip
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ⇨ See also ↑journeyADJECTIVE▪ extended, long▪ brief, little, quick, short▪ day, overnight, weekend, week-long▪
We went on a day trip to the beach.
▪ four-day, two-week, etc.▪ frequent, occasional, rare, regular▪He makes frequent trips to Poland.
▪ annual, weekly, etc.▪ forthcoming (esp. BrE), upcoming (esp. AmE)▪ fantastic, good, great, nice, pleasant▪ safe▪Well, have a safe trip back!
▪ successful, worthwhile▪The food alone made the trip worthwhile.
▪ memorable▪ dream▪her dream trip to New Zealand
▪ uneventful▪The rest of our trip was uneventful.
▪ special▪Don't make a special trip just to get my newspaper.
▪ free▪The first prize is a free trip to New York.
▪ return, round▪From São Paulo to Rio and back is a round trip of five hundred miles.
▪ foreign, overseas▪ round-the-world, world (both esp. BrE)▪ European, Korean, etc.▪ away (BrE, sports)▪In their last two away trips, Everton were defeated by Spurs.
▪ boat, bus, coach (BrE), train, etc.▪ bicycle, bike (informal), cycle (BrE)▪ road▪He set off on a road trip from Rhode Island to California.
▪ business, camping, fishing, golf, hunting, pleasure, shopping, sightseeing, etc.▪ school▪a school trip to Washington, DC
▪ field▪a geography field trip to study a limestone landscape
▪a field trip to the Science Museum (AmE)
▪ family▪ studyVERB + TRIP▪ be (away) on, do, go on, make, take▪She's away on a business trip.
▪From here visitors can take a boat trip along the coast.
▪ have▪Did you have a good trip?
▪ come back from, return from▪ be back from▪He's just back from a trip to Alaska.
▪ complete▪They are hoping to complete the trip in four days.
▪ arrange, organize, plan▪ book▪ cancel▪ extend▪ cut short▪I had to cut short my trip when my wallet was stolen.
▪ enjoy▪Enjoy your trip!
▪ survivePREPOSITION▪ on trip▪My wife is away on a business trip.
▪ trip by▪a five-minute trip by taxi
▪ trip to▪a trip to Tokyo
PHRASES▪ a trip abroad (esp. BrE)▪My last trip abroad was two years ago.
▪ the trip home▪The trip home took us five hours!
▪ the trip of a lifetime▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}They saved for years for their trip of a lifetime to Hawaii.
verb1 knock your foot on sth and fallADVERB▪ accidentally▪ almost, nearly▪ over, up (BrE)▪One of the boys tripped over and crashed into a tree.
▪Be careful or you'll trip up.
PREPOSITION▪ on▪She tripped on the loose stones.
▪ over▪I nearly tripped over the cat.
PHRASES▪ trip and fall▪Don't leave toys on stairs where someone could trip and fall.
2 walk lightlyADVERB▪ lightly▪ outPREPOSITION▪ along▪She went tripping along the path.
▪ down▪She came tripping lightly down the stairs.
▪ upPHRASES▪ come trippingTrip is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alarm
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
