"stumble against" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stumbles against [present, singular, third-person], stumbling against [participle, present], stumbled against [participle, past], stumbled against [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stumble against (third-person singular simple present stumbles against, present participle stumbling against, simple past and past participle stumbled against)
  1. (figuratively) To discover or find something by accident. Tags: figuratively Translations (to discover or find something by accident): tomber sur (French)
    Sense id: en-stumble_against-en-verb-qjXshV4W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (against) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (against): 75 25 Disambiguation of 'to discover or find something by accident': 96 4
  2. (figuratively) To meet somebody by chance. Tags: figuratively Translations (to meet somebody by chance): tomber sur (French)
    Sense id: en-stumble_against-en-verb-fExeR5i- Disambiguation of 'to meet somebody by chance': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: come across, come upon, stumble across, stumble upon, stumble on

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for stumble against meaning in English (1.9kB)

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