blundered

Verb

blunder (third-person singular simple present blunders, present participle blundering, simple past and past participle blundered)

1. (intransitive) To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid.
   • to blunder in preparing a medical prescription
   1. (intransitive) To make a bad move, especially caused by tactical oversight.
   2. (intransitive, transitive) To lose a piece due to having made a bad move [with the piece lost].
      • blunder a rook
   3. (intransitive, transitive) To overlook the possibility of, or end up in, a specified undesirable situation after making a bad move.
      • blunder a draw
2. (figuratively, intransitive, sometimes) To move in an unsteady way.
   • I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow.October 6, 1759, Oliver Goldsmith, The Bee No. 1
3. (intransitive) To enter a place or become involved in a difficult situation by mistake.
   • He and I had blundered into the middle of a gang fight once and I saw him shank a guy-stuck homeboy in the chest and strolled off cool as you please.2007 May 6, Steve Geng, “First Chapter: ‘Thick as Thieves’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015

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