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Main Entry:	stumble
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	slip, stagger
Synonyms:	blunder, bumble, careen, err, fall, falter, flounder, hesitate, limp, lumber, lurch, muddle, pitch, reel, shuffle, stammer, swing, tilt, topple, totter, trip, wallow, waver, wobble, fall down, lose balance

Main Entry:	stumble
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	happen upon
Synonyms:	bump, chance, come across, discover, encounter, find, hit, light, luck*, meet, tumble, turn up, blunder upon, chance upon, come up against, fall upon, light upon, run across, stub toe on
Antonyms:	lose, overlook

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	barge in/barge into
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	charge
Synonyms:	break in, collide, infringe, interrupt, intrude, push, shove, stumble, burst in, muscle in
Antonyms:	wait

Main Entry:	blunder
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make mistake
Synonyms:	blow, botch, bumble, bungle, confuse, err, flounder, flub, foul up, fumble, mess up, misjudge, screw up, stumble, ball up, bobble, drop the ball, gum up, louse up, slip up
Antonyms:	correct, fix, restore

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	botch
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	blunder
Synonyms:	blow, boggle, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher, distort, err, flounder, flub, fumble, mar, mend, mess, mess up, misapply, miscalculate, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, ruin, screw up, spoil, stumble, wreck, bobble, bollix, fall down, goof up, gum up, louse up, miscompute, misconjecture, muck up*, pull a boner
Antonyms:	accomplish, achieve, succeed, do well

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	bump into
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	happen upon
Synonyms:	come across, encounter, hit, light, luck, meet, stumble, tumble, chance upon, light upon, meet up with, run across, run into

Main Entry:	chance
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	happen
Synonyms:	arrive, be one's fate, befall, betide, blunder on, break, bump, come, come about, come off, come to pass, fall out, fall to one's lot, go, hap, hit upon, light, light upon, luck, meet, occur, stumble, stumble on, transpire, tumble, turn up

Main Entry:	clump
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	thumping noise
Synonyms:	clatter, stomp, stumble, thud, clomp, galumph, scuff

Main Entry:	clump
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make thumping noise
Synonyms:	barge, bumble, clatter, hobble, limp, lumber, plod, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, thud, thump, tramp, clomp, galumph, scuff

Main Entry:	descend
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	move down, lower a
Synonyms:	cascade, cataract, coast, collapse, crash, crouch, decline, dip, disembark, dismount, dive, dribble, drop, fall, get down, get off, go down, gravitate, ground, incline, light, penetrate, pitch, plummet, plunge, set, settle, sink, slant, slide, slip, slope, slump, stoop, stumble, submerge, subside, swoop, toboggan, topple, trickle, trip, tumble, weep, cave in, deplane, detrain, fall prostrate, lose balance, plop, prolapse, slough off
Antonyms:	ascend, increase, rise, go up

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	err
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make a mistake; do wrong
Synonyms:	blow, blunder, deviate, fall, flub, foul up, goof, lapse, mess up, misapprehend, misbehave, miscalculate, misjudge, muff, offend, screw up, sin, snafu, stray, stumble, transgress, trespass, wander, be in error, be inaccurate, be incorrect, be mistaken, bollix, boo-boo, drop the ball, go astray, go wrong, louse up, make a mess of, slip up*, snarl up
Antonyms:	correct

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	error
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	mistake; wrong
Synonyms:	absurdity, blunder, boner, delinquency, delusion, deviation, erratum, failure, fall, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, fault, faux pas, flaw, glitch, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, misconception, miscue, misdeed, miss, misstep, misunderstanding, offense, omission, oversight, sin, slight, slip, slipup, solecism, stumble, transgression, trespass, untruth, wrongdoing, X*, bad job, boo-boo, howler, misapprehension, misbelief, miscalculation, misjudgment, mismanagement, screamer, screw-up
Antonyms:	accuracy, certainty, correction, right, truth, validity

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	fall
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	descend; become lower
Synonyms:	abate, backslide, buckle, cascade, collapse, crash, decline, decrease, depreciate, diminish, dip, dive, drag, droop, dwindle, ease, ebb, flag, flop, go down, gravitate, keel over, land, lapse, lessen, pitch, plummet, plunge, recede, regress, relapse, settle, sink, slip, slope, slump, spin, stumble, subside, topple, totter, trail, trip, tumble, wane, be precipitated, break down, cave in, drop down, fold up, hit the dirt, nose-dive, take a header, tip over
Antonyms:	ascend, climb, rise, scale, go up

Main Entry:	flounder
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	struggle; be in the dark
Synonyms:	blunder, bobble, cast about, come apart at the seams, drop the ball, fall down, flop, flummox, foul up, fumble, go at backwards, go to pieces, grope, labor, lurch, make a mess of, miss one's cue, muddle, plunge, pratfall, screw up, slip up, snafu, strive, stub one's toe, stumble, thrash, toil, toss, travail, trip up, tumble, wallow, work at
Notes:	founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly
Antonyms:	do well, succeed

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	fluff
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	mistake
Synonyms:	blooper, bungling, error, false step, flub, fumble, miscue, miss, muddle, muff, oversight, slip, slipup*, stumble, miscalculation

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	founder
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	go under, fail
Synonyms:	abort, collapse, fall, go down, lurch, misfire, sink, sprawl, stagger, stumble, submerge, trip, be lost, break down, come to nothing, fall through, go lame, go to bottom, miscarry, submerse
Antonyms:	accomplish, achieve, succeed

Main Entry:	fumble
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bumble, mess up
Synonyms:	botch, bungle, err, feel, flounder, flub, fluff, goof, grapple, grope, mishandle, mismanage, screw up, spoil, stumble, bollix, lose the handle, louse up, misfield, scrabble*
Antonyms:	do well

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	gag
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	silence, stop up
Synonyms:	balk, bottle up, choke, constrain, cork, curb, deaden, demur, muffle, muzzle, obstruct, quiet, repress, restrain, shut down, shy, squash, squelch, stifle, still, stumble, suppress, throttle, cork up, garrote, keep the lid on, put the lid on, tape up, tongue-tie

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	halt
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hesitate, stutter
Synonyms:	dither, falter, hobble, limp, pause, shilly-shally*, stagger, stammer, stumble, vacillate, waver, be defective, whiffle, wiggle-waggle
Antonyms:	continue, speak smoothly

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	happen
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	come to pass; occur
Synonyms:	appear, arise, arrive, befall, betide, bump, chance, come about, come off, develop, down, ensue, eventuate, fall, follow, go on, hit, issue, light, luck, materialize, meet, pass, proceed, recur, result, shake, smoke*, spring, stumble, transpire, turn out, turn up, be found, become a fact, become known, become of, come after, come into being, come into existence, crop up, present itself, stumble upon, supervene, take effect, take place, what goes

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