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Idiom

trip out

Meaning

To have as an image in one's mind.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I often trip out on how fast the years go by.”

“Sometimes I trip out on the idea that we are living on a giant rock spinning through space.”

“When I stare at the stars, I trip out on the sheer scale of the universe and our tiny place within it.”

Examples

simple

“I often trip out on how fast the years go by.”

contextual

“Sometimes I trip out on the idea that we are living on a giant rock spinning through space.”

complex

“When I stare at the stars, I trip out on the sheer scale of the universe and our tiny place within it.”

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