Vocabulary
Stumble
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
trip or momentarily lose one’s balance; almost fall.
Urdu meaning
ھوکر کھانا، الجھنا، چوکنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Do we really want to stumble into the same chaos?
- And then in this vacuum, law enforcement just happens to stumble upon victims by chance rather than based on intelligence reports.
- Or be prepared to stumble along the way once again.
- Despite the blunt-bladed incompetence of its governments, it has managed to wobble and stumble for 77 years.
- And if the stakeholders pay no attention, they might just stumble into the cracks that emerge.
Synonyms
trip, trip over, trip up, lose one’s balance, lose/miss one’s footing, founder, slip
Antonyms
fix, straighten, pass by, correct, overlook, accuracy, continue,
Curator example
“her foot caught in the rug and she stumbled”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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