stumble on


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Related to stumble on: stumble through
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stumble

verb
1. To catch the foot against something and lose one's balance:
trip.
Idioms: lose one's footing, make a false step.
2. To walk unsteadily:
falter, lurch, reel, stagger, teeter, totter, weave, wobble.
3. To move awkwardly or clumsily:
blunder, bumble.
4. To proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner:
blunder, bumble, bungle, flounder, fudge, fumble, limp, muddle, shuffle, stagger.
5. To make an error or mistake:
err, miscue, mistake, slip, slip up, trip up.
phrasal verb
stumble on or upon
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).
Idiom: meet up with.
noun
A stupid, clumsy mistake:
blunder, bull, bungle, foozle, fumble, muff.
Informal: blooper, boner.
Slang: bloomer, goof.
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Translations
snuble over
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