stumble
stuhm buhl
- n an unsteady uneven gait
- n an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
- v walk unsteadily
The drunk man stumbled about - v miss a step and fall or nearly fall
She stumbled over the tree root - v encounter by chance
I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant - v make an error
- For a brief period that followed, Obama seemed a bit unsure about what to do with his life--the same kind of unsettling early stumble made by others who went on to seek--and often .
- Gordimer, 83, points out the kinds of pitfalls that have caused other postrevolutionary governments to stumble.
- After practicing walking at the Welcome Area until I could at least stumble at the level of a Malibu Mel Gibson, I was approached by Cristal Beese, who often looks for new people .