stumble
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(verb) make an error |
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Synonyms: blunder, slip up, trip up |
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Related Words: err, mistake, slip |
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(verb) miss a step and fall or nearly fall: "She stumbled over the tree root." |
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Synonyms: trip |
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Related Words: founder, move |
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(verb) walk unsteadily |
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Synonyms: bumble, falter |
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Related Words: walk |
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(verb) encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant" |
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Synonyms: hit |
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Related Words: come by |
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(noun) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep" |
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Synonyms: misstep, trip |
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Related Words: blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, misdoing |
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(noun) an unsteady uneven gait |
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Synonyms: lurch, stagger |
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Related Words: gait |
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