stumble

stumble
v
1. trip, fall, fall down, fall flat on one's face, tumble, take a spill, Inf. take a header, Inf. come a cropper; stagger, lurch, pitch, careen, Brit. Dial. stoit.
2. err, make a mistake, blunder, bungle, botch, muff, flub, fumble, Inf. slip up, Inf. drop the ball, Inf. put one's foot in one's mouth, Inf. put one's foot in it, Sl. goof, Sl. make or pull a boner, Sl. make a boo-boo, Sl. commit a no-no, Sl. boot one or it.
3. falter, hesitate, waver, hover, hang back, pause; demur, balk, boggle, scruple, have qualms, think twice, have second thoughts; hem and haw, blow hot and cold, shilly-shally, be of two minds, be unable to make up one's mind, not know one's own mind.
4. stumble upon
chance upon, happen upon, come across, hit upon, find, discover, locate; encounter, meet, run across or into, cross the path of, Inf. meet up with, Inf. come or run up against, Inf. bump into, Inf. run smack into.

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