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stumble against

stumble against verb: to discover or find accidentally.

Verb

stumble against (third-person singular simple present stumbles against, present participle stumbling against, simple past and past participle stumbled against)

  1. (figuratively, transitive) To discover or find accidentally.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To meet (somebody) by chance.
    Synonyms:
    bump into, run into
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stumble, against.
    • That team will probably stumble against their first-round opponents in the tournament.

Synonyms of stumble against

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Forms of stumble against

third-person singular presentstumbles against
present participlestumbling against
past participlestumbled against
paststumbled against

Questions about stumble against

What does stumble against mean?
Stumble against means to discover or find accidentally.
What part of speech is stumble against?
Stumble against is a verb.
What is the past tense of stumble against?
The past tense of stumble against is stumbled against.

Words near stumble against in the dictionary

  1. stum
  2. Stumbaugh
  3. Stumbaughs
  4. stumble
  5. stumble across
  6. stumble against
  7. stumble into
  8. stumble on
  9. stumble onto
  10. stumble upon
  11. stumble-drunk

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