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Verb Stumble Stumbled  /ˈstʌmbl   Intransitive Tökezlemek Sth I

Level C1 
Kind verb
Front stumble 
IPA  /ˈstʌmbl   / verb [intransitive]
Back tökezlemek
Back 2

stumble (verb)

 /ˈstʌmbl   / verb [intransitive]
 
 1
 stumble (over/on sth)
to hit your foot against sth when you are walking or running and almost fall over
tökezlemek
 I stumbled as I was getting out of the boat.
SYNONYM TRIP2
 2 stumble (over/through sth)
to make a mistake when you are speaking, playing music, etc.
eli dolaşmak;
dili sürçmek
 The newsreader stumbled over the name of the Russian tennis player.
 She was so nervous she stumbled through her speech.
PHRASAL VERB
stumble across/on sb/sth
to meet or find sb/sth by chance
rastlamak, rast gelmek
 Police stumbled across a store of hidden weapons while looking for a dog.
 

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