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stumble on someone or something

1. Go to stumble across someone or something.

2. to trip over someone or something. There were three of us sleeping in the small tent. Each of us would stumble on the others whenever we went out or came in. I stumbled on the curb and twisted my ankle.

See also: stumble

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But, however, even if I should stumble on such a family again, which is quite unlikely, I have all this experience to begin with, and I should manage better another time; and the end and aim of this preamble is, let me try again. Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context You jest have to stumble on it--you're walking along on the sand hills, never thinking of sweet-grass--and all at once the air is full of sweetness-- and there's the grass under your feet. Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context It was a stumble on the threshold at starting--it was a flaw in the evidence which told fatally against us. The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context			stubborn stubborn as a mule stuck stuck in traffic stuck on stuck with study study for study up on stuff Stuff a sock in it! stuff and nonsense Stuff and nonsense! stuff down stuff down throat stuff face stuff head with stuff into stuff the ballot box stuff up stuff with stuffing stumble stumble across stumble into stumble on stumble over stumble through stumbling block stump stump for style sub for subdivide into subject subject to subjugate to sublime submerge submerge in submerge under submit to subordinate to subpoena to do subscribe to subsist on substance substitute substitute for subtract from succeed			stultifier stultifier stultifiers stultifiers stultifies stultifies stultify stultify stultifying stultifying stultifyingly stultifyingly Stultiloquence Stultiloquent Stultiloquy stultus Stulty Stulz Air Technology Systems, Inc. stum stum stumble stumble stumble stumble Stumble (2003 film) Stumble (2003 film) stumble across stumble across stumble across stumble into stumble on stumble on someone or something stumble over stumble through Stumble upon Stumble upon Stumble upon stumblebum stumblebums stumbled stumbled stumbled stumbled across stumbled across stumbled on stumbled on stumbled upon stumbled upon stumbler stumbler stumbler stumblers stumblers stumbles stumbles stumbles stumbles across stumbles across stumbles on stumbles on stumbles upon

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