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stumbling into

stumbling into is the present participle and gerund 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 stumbling into

What is stumbling into the present participle and gerund of?
Stumbling into is the present participle and gerund of stumble into.

Words near stumbling into in the dictionary

  1. stumbling across
  2. stumbling against
  3. stumbling block
  4. stumbling blocke
  5. stumbling blocks
  6. stumbling into
  7. stumbling on
  8. stumbling onto
  9. stumbling stock
  10. stumbling stone
  11. stumbling stones

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