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an ego trip

something that you do in order to make yourself feel important. Running the university Film Society is a big ego trip for her.

a guilt trip (informal)

a strong feeling of guilt. I'm on a guilt trip about not visiting my parents often enough.

See also: guilt

roll/trip off the tongue

if a word or phrase trips off the tongue, it is very easy to say. The band is called 'Acquired Echoes'. It doesn't exactly trip off the tongue, does it?

See also: roll, tongue

send someone on a guilt trip (British, informal, American, informal)

to make someone feel very guilty. I'm tired of environmentalists who put a guilt trip on the rest of us for causing pollution with our life styles. She's sent me on a guilt trip about my treatment of Steven.

See also: guilt, send

take a stroll/trip down memory lane

to remember some of the happy things that you did in the past. We were just taking a stroll down memory lane and recalling the days of our youth.

See also: down, lane, memory, take

trip the light fantastic (humorous)

to dance. There I was, tripping the light fantastic in a sequinned ballgown.

See also: light

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trip someone up

to cause someone to make a mistake. The lawyer used what he knew about her personality to trip her up in court. I did fine on most of the test, but I tripped up on the last problem.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of trip someone up (= to cause someone to fall)