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stumbles into

stumbles into is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stumble into.

Meaning of stumble into

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To begin a course of action by accident, while intending to do something else.
    • He stumbled into a firefighting career in his early 20s.

Questions about stumbles into

What is stumbles into the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stumbles into is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stumble into.

Words near stumbles into in the dictionary

  1. stumbler
  2. stumblers
  3. stumbles
  4. stumbles across
  5. stumbles against
  6. stumbles into
  7. stumbles on
  8. stumbles onto
  9. stumbles upon
  10. stumblesome
  11. stumblest

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