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stumble v. [
falter, bumble] walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
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stumble v. [
trip] miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"
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stumble v. [
hit] encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
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stumble n. [
lurch, stagger] an unsteady uneven gait
. wn #5
stumble n. [
trip, trip-up, misstep] an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
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