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fluff one's lines

fluff one's lines verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To stumble over or otherwise misspeak one's lines.

Verb

fluff one's lines (third-person singular simple present fluffs one's lines, present participle fluffing one's lines, simple past and past participle fluffed one's lines)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To stumble over or otherwise misspeak one's lines.
  2. (figuratively) To make a mistake.
    • Conway headed a Nugent effort off the line and substitute Aron Gunnarsson fluffed his lines when presented with a great chance late on.2013, Scott Johnson, Blues Are Up, Y Lolfa, →ISBN
    • It could've been even worse too had Giroud not fluffed his lines twice in as many minutes.2014, Neil Collins, Make Us Dream: A Fan's View of the 2013/14 Season, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 119

Forms of fluff one's lines

third-person singular presentfluffs one's lines
present participlefluffing one's lines
past participlefluffed one's lines
pastfluffed one's lines

Questions about fluff one's lines

What does fluff one's lines mean?
Fluff one's lines means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To stumble over or otherwise misspeak one's lines.
What part of speech is fluff one's lines?
Fluff one's lines is a verb.
What is the past tense of fluff one's lines?
The past tense of fluff one's lines is fluffed one's lines.

Words near fluff one's lines in the dictionary

  1. fluff girl
  2. fluff girls
  3. fluff in the pan
  4. fluff off
  5. fluff one's feathers
  6. fluff one's lines
  7. fluff out
  8. fluff up
  9. fluff-dried
  10. fluff-dries
  11. fluff-dry

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