to stumble over

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• stumble — 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… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• stumble */ — 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… …   English dictionary

• stumble — 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… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stumble — 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… …   Combinatory dictionary

• stumble — verb ADVERB ▪ almost, nearly ▪ a little, slightly ▪ She stumbled a little on the uneven path. ▪ badly (often figurative) …   Collocations dictionary

• stumble — verb (I) 1 to hit your foot against something or put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running, so that you almost fall: In her hurry she stumbled and spilled the milk all over the floor. (+ over/on): Vic stumbled over the step as …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• stumble — 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… …   Universalium

• stumble — 1. noun a) a fall, trip or substantial misstep b) an error or blunder Syn: blooper, blunder, boo boo …   Wiktionary

• stumble — stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, flounder, lumber, galumph, lollop, bumble can mean to move unsteadily, clumsily, or with defective equilibrium (as in walking, in doing, or in proceeding). Stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, and flounder as applied to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Over Under Sideways Down — Single by The Yardbirds from the album Yardbirds (aka Roger the Engineer) B side Jeff s Boogie (Dreja, McCarty, Beck, Relf, Samwell Smith) Released May 1966 ( …   Wikipedia

• stumble — [[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… …   English dictionary