"stumble on" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stumbles on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stumbling on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stumbled on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stumbled on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "stumble on (third-person singular simple present stumbles on, present participle stumbling on, simple past and past participle stumbled on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stumble, on."
      ],
      "id": "en-stumble_on-en-verb-BF89GpFn",
      "links": [
        [
          "stumble",
          "stumble#English"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To discover or find something by accident."
      ],
      "id": "en-stumble_on-en-verb-qjXshV4W",
      "links": [
        [
          "discover",
          "discover"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive with prepositional object, figuratively) To discover or find something by accident."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with prepositional object"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29 1",
          "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
          "word": "chance upon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29 1",
          "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
          "word": "come across"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29 1",
          "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
          "word": "come upon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29 1",
          "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
          "word": "happen across"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29 1",
          "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
          "word": "happen upon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29 1",
          "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
          "word": "stumble across"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 69 29 1",
          "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
          "word": "stumble upon"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 77 11 8",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
          "word": "snuble over"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 77 11 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "naštóvxuvatysja",
          "sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "нашто́вхуватися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 77 11 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "naštovxnútysja",
          "sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "наштовхну́тися"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To meet somebody by chance."
      ],
      "id": "en-stumble_on-en-verb-fExeR5i-",
      "links": [
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive with prepositional object, figuratively) To meet somebody by chance."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with prepositional object"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 29 3 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 26 9 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (on)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Robert E. Sullivan, Macaulay: The Tragedy of Power, Harvard University Press, page 411",
          "text": "After 1849 Lord John Russell's government—virtually a Whig cousinhood—lurched but managed to stumble on until 1852.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 13, Jacob Tanswell, “Southampton’s Premier League relegation: Sackings, staff exits and divided dressing room”, in The Athletic, archived from the original on 2023-06-16",
          "text": "The 2-1 home defeat to Everton in October was the first warning shot. Although he stumbled on for another month, that was the end for Hasenhuttl.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To continue with difficulty in one's endeavours; to struggle on."
      ],
      "id": "en-stumble_on-en-verb-rmi~gQYf",
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "adverbial particle",
          "adverbial particle"
        ],
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
        ],
        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive with on as adverbial particle, figuratively) To continue with difficulty in one's endeavours; to struggle on."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as adverbial particle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive",
        "with-on"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stumble on"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (on)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stumbles on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stumbling on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stumbled on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stumbled on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "stumble on (third-person singular simple present stumbles on, present participle stumbling on, simple past and past participle stumbled on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stumble, on."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stumble",
          "stumble#English"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discover or find something by accident."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discover",
          "discover"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive with prepositional object, figuratively) To discover or find something by accident."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with prepositional object"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To meet somebody by chance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive with prepositional object, figuratively) To meet somebody by chance."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with prepositional object"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Robert E. Sullivan, Macaulay: The Tragedy of Power, Harvard University Press, page 411",
          "text": "After 1849 Lord John Russell's government—virtually a Whig cousinhood—lurched but managed to stumble on until 1852.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 13, Jacob Tanswell, “Southampton’s Premier League relegation: Sackings, staff exits and divided dressing room”, in The Athletic, archived from the original on 2023-06-16",
          "text": "The 2-1 home defeat to Everton in October was the first warning shot. Although he stumbled on for another month, that was the end for Hasenhuttl.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To continue with difficulty in one's endeavours; to struggle on."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "adverbial particle",
          "adverbial particle"
        ],
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
        ],
        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive with on as adverbial particle, figuratively) To continue with difficulty in one's endeavours; to struggle on."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as adverbial particle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive",
        "with-on"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
      "word": "chance upon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
      "word": "come across"
    },
    {
      "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
      "word": "come upon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
      "word": "happen across"
    },
    {
      "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
      "word": "happen upon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
      "word": "stumble across"
    },
    {
      "sense": "discover or find by accident, meet by chance",
      "word": "stumble upon"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
      "word": "snuble over"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naštóvxuvatysja",
      "sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "нашто́вхуватися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naštovxnútysja",
      "sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "наштовхну́тися"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stumble on"
}