"stumble into" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stumbles into [present, singular, third-person], stumbling into [participle, present], stumbled into [participle, past], stumbled into [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stumble into (third-person singular simple present stumbles into, present participle stumbling into, simple past and past participle stumbled into)
  1. (informal) To begin a course of action by accident, while intending to do something else. Tags: informal
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        "(informal) To begin a course of action by accident, while intending to do something else."
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