trip along

trip along

1. To stumble over the length of (something). He tripped along the edge of the pool, very nearly falling in.

2. To skip merrily onward. It was an idyllic scene—walking hand in hand with my wife as the kids tripped along beside us.

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trip along

to move along happily. The kids tripped along on their way to school. We were just tripping along, not having any notion of what was about to happen.

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