Lose one's footing
The crossword clue "Lose one's footing" is answered by TRIP, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TRIP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRIP answer page.
Used 18 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
Other clues for TRIP
Every other clue in this collection answered by TRIP, most used first.
- Stumble - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
- Journey - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
- Excursion - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Voyage - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Junket - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
- Misstep - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
- Jaunt - used 16 times, most recently in 2002
- Take a header - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
- Go sprawling - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
- Vacation excursion - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Send sprawling - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Take a tumble - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Set off - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Vacation - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Ballroom blunder - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Step lightly. - used 9 times, most recently in 1989
- Stumble (over) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Vacation plan - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Set off, as an alarm - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Cause to stumble - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Game show prize - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Begin a fall - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Expedition - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Klutzy move - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Outing - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Take a fall - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Lose traction - SKID, used 141 times
- Lose it - SNAP, used 122 times
- ___ one's time (wait) - BIDE, used 89 times
- Lose color - FADE, used 85 times
- Lose one's footing - SLIP, used 74 times
- Toot one's own horn - BRAG, used 65 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.