Meaning

3 senses

  1. (figuratively, transitive)To discover or find accidentally.

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To meet (somebody) by chance.

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stumble, against.

    That team will probably stumble against their first-round opponents in the tournament.

Translations

1 languages

Forms

stumbles against, stumbling against, stumbled against, stumbled against
Base formstumble against · to stumble against
3rd person singularstumbles against
Present participlestumbling against
Past simplestumbled against
Past participlestumbled against

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystumble against
he, she, itstumbles against

Past simpleLesson

all personsstumbled against

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stumbled against
he, she, ithas stumbled against

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stumble against

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

11 synonyms
bump intorun intochance uponcome acrosscome uponhappen uponstumble acrossstumble onstumble ontostumble uponchance on

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stuffyC1stumbleB1stumpstunB1
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