stumble

  • 11stumble — index miscalculate, miscue, mistake Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 12stumble on — index find (discover), locate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 13stumble on — stumble (up)on (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, tumble on. Archaic: alight on (or upon).… …

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  • 14stumble — stum|ble1 [ stʌmbl ] verb intransitive * 1. ) to fall or almost fall while you are walking or running: Cheryl s horse stumbled, throwing her to the ground. stumble over/on etc.: On his morning run, Derek stumbled over a fallen tree. stumble… …

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  • 15stumble */ — UK [ˈstʌmb(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms stumble : present tense I/you/we/they stumble he/she/it stumbles present participle stumbling past tense stumbled past participle stumbled 1) a) to fall or almost fall while you are walking or… …

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  • 16stumble on — phrasal verb stumble across or stumble on or stumble upon [transitive] Word forms stumble across : present tense I/you/we/they stumble across he/she/it stumbles across present participle stumbling across past tense stumbled across past participle …

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  • 17stumble — stum|ble [ˈstʌmbəl] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from a [i]Scandinavian language] 1.) to hit your foot against something or put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running, so that you almost fall = ↑trip ▪ In her hurry she… …

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  • 18stumble — v. 1) (d; intr.) to stumble across, into, on, onto, upon ( to meet by chance ) (to stumble across an old friend) 2) (D; intr.) to stumble over ( to trip over ) (he stumbled over every sentence) * * * [ stʌmb(ə)l] into on onto upon (to stumble… …

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  • 19stumble — [[t]stʌ̱mb(ə)l[/t]] stumbles, stumbling, stumbled 1) VERB If you stumble, you put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running and nearly fall over. He stumbled and almost fell... [V prep/adv] I stumbled into the telephone box and… …

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  • 20stumble — stumbler, n. stumblingly, adv. /stum beuhl/, v., stumbled, stumbling, n. v.i. 1. to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip. 2. to walk or go unsteadily: to stumble down a dark passage. 3. to… …

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