stumble
C1UK /ˈstʌmbl/US /ˈstʌmbl/
Meaning
verb
to hit your foot against something while you are walking or running and almost fall
“The child stumbled and fell.”
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“And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.”
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And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.
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