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"tripping on" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English
It is typically used to describe someone stumbling or losing their balance while walking or running. For example: I was so distracted by my phone that I ended up tripping on the curb and falling on my face. He was so exhausted after the race that he kept tripping on his own feet. The children were having so much fun playing tag that they were constantly tripping on each other. In each of these examples, the phrase "tripping on" is describing the action of losing balance or stumbling due to a distraction or exhaustion. It can also be used metaphorically to describe someone experiencing difficulties or obstacles in a task or situation. For example: I kept tripping on my words during the presentation because I was nervous. She was always tripping on her own pride, which often caused problems for her in relationships.
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The thing that I kept tripping on was, I didn't want to do fictional news.
Remember all those cuts you never used because one of the actors was tripping on his shoelaces all the time?
The two scariest ones were Mike and Paul, who habitually showed up tripping on acid.
Wait, so that one reindeer can have blonde hair, but they're tripping on Rudolph's nose?
I was always tripping on my laces.
Tripping on acid in late-sixties Boston.
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We tripped on roots and fell.
Trip on train, etc.
A recent visitor almost tripped on a cannon ball.
Gracie tripped on a big rock and fell hard.
Oh! No! He's tripped on the 3-yard line".
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