Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To discover or understand something.

    He finally tumbled to our secret.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. She ended up tripping and tumbling to the ground.

    Nuel · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. I saw a girl tumble and ran to her in spite of myself.

    deIch sah ein Mädchen stürzen und rannte unwillkürlich hin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personstumbled to

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tumble to

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tuitionB2tulipB2tumbleB1tumblertummytumorB2tumultuous
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