The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word STUMBLE
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More clues leading to the result STUMBLE
- Trip south before fall
- Good man’s modest, giving up leadership for trip
- Modest hotel, having gone for road trip
- Almost fall for extremely sweet unassuming Cockney
- Second glass not filled? That’s a slip
- Trip in street like Uriah ‘eep
- Perform acrobatics after small fall
- One good ‘iding light under a bushel? Blunder
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What does STUMBLE mean?
STUMBLE noun- A fall, trip or substantial misstep.
- An error or blunder.
- A clumsy walk.
- To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
- To make a mistake or have trouble.
- To cause to stumble or trip.
- To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
- To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against.