Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To accidentally encounter (a person or situation).

Examples

5 sentences

  1. The acrobat tumbled gracefully on stage.

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  2. He tumbled on a steep slope while skiing.

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  3. The typhoon caused a tree to tumble on my yard.

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  4. The shelf fell off and all the books went tumbling down on Vasya.

    ruПолка отвалилась, и все книги посыпались на Васю. — V_Zmoova

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  5. I tumbled on the truth by the merest accident, when I'd pretty nearly chucked the whole job.

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Forms

tumbles on, tumbling on, tumbled on, tumbled on
Base formtumble on · to tumble on
3rd person singulartumbles on
Present participletumbling on
Past simpletumbled on
Past participletumbled on

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytumble on
he, she, ittumbles on

Past simpleLesson

all personstumbled on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tumbled on
he, she, ithas tumbled on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tumble on

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
chance uponhappen uponstumble across

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tuitionB2tulipB2tumbleB1tumblertummytumorB2tumultuous
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