"bumble along" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bumbles along",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bumbling along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bumbled along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bumbled along",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "bumble along (third-person singular simple present bumbles along, present participle bumbling along, simple past and past participle bumbled along)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 1898",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move slowly or awkwardly along one's way."
      ],
      "id": "en-bumble_along-en-verb-xRM0veYz",
      "links": [
        [
          "slowly",
          "slowly"
        ],
        [
          "awkwardly",
          "awkwardly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To move slowly or awkwardly along one's way."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 1958",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To live one's life or continue in a course of action without a plan, goal, or guiding principle; to muddle along."
      ],
      "id": "en-bumble_along-en-verb-e5KeNZ2v",
      "links": [
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "course of action",
          "course of action"
        ],
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ],
        [
          "guiding",
          "guiding"
        ],
        [
          "principle",
          "principle"
        ],
        [
          "muddle along",
          "muddle along"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To live one's life or continue in a course of action without a plan, goal, or guiding principle; to muddle along."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌmbəl əˈlɔŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌmbəl əˈlɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "bumble along"
}

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    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"along\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bumbles along",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bumbling along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bumbled along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bumbled along",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 1898",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move slowly or awkwardly along one's way."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slowly",
          "slowly"
        ],
        [
          "awkwardly",
          "awkwardly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To move slowly or awkwardly along one's way."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "date": "from 1958",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To live one's life or continue in a course of action without a plan, goal, or guiding principle; to muddle along."
      ],
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        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "course of action",
          "course of action"
        ],
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ],
        [
          "guiding",
          "guiding"
        ],
        [
          "principle",
          "principle"
        ],
        [
          "muddle along",
          "muddle along"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To live one's life or continue in a course of action without a plan, goal, or guiding principle; to muddle along."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈbʌmbəl əˈlɔŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌmbəl əˈlɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
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  "word": "bumble along"
}