saski
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- Apr 12, 2013
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- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Albanian
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- Albania
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- Albania
Is it okay to interpret 'trip the lock' in this passage:
"Arny easily tripped the lock on the front door, opened the front hood, clipped the brake lines and inserted a rigged timer so that when the vehicle reached 60 miles per hour immediately after first reaching 70 or more, the brakes would suffer a complete failure."
as meaning 'accidentally activate the lock' in the same sense as 'trip the alarm'?
"Arny easily tripped the lock on the front door, opened the front hood, clipped the brake lines and inserted a rigged timer so that when the vehicle reached 60 miles per hour immediately after first reaching 70 or more, the brakes would suffer a complete failure."
as meaning 'accidentally activate the lock' in the same sense as 'trip the alarm'?