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trip out

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verb

  1. (adverb) (of an electrical circuit) to disconnect or be disconnected or (of a machine) to stop or be stopped by means of a trip switch or trip button

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If it’s an extravagant demand of time it’s an even more extravagant pleasure, the rare film worth a trip out to the cinema for full immersion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Then in mid-April, he went on a 10-day trip out of state.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

Les recommends offering a family trip out to the cinema or bowling the night before, to help ease the stress.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2024

The other trip out west the Terrapins may take is to Phoenix.

From Washington Times • Nov. 23, 2023

Hoping to keep Seabiscuit around for another race, the Bay Meadows racing secretary made an emergency trip out of town, hoping to scare up some of the Handicap favorites to face him at Bay Meadows.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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