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bumble collapse: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

miscue collapse: a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball

muff collapse: a warm tubular covering for the hands; fail to catch, as of a ball

botch collapse: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

fumble collapse: (sports) dropping the ball; drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"; handle clumsily; make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"

flounder collapse: any of various European and non-European marine flatfish; flesh of any of various American and European flatfish; behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

murder collapse: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being; kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

boggle collapse: startle with amazement or fear; hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear

stumble collapse: make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"; miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"; walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"; encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

go far collapse: extend in importance or range; "His accomplishments go far"

spoil collapse: the act of stripping and taking by force; the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"; (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"; become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"

reimburse collapse: pay back for some expense incurred; "Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?"

mistake collapse: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"; an understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister"; identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister"

indemnify collapse: secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for; "This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness"

butcher collapse: a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market; a brutal indiscriminate murderer; a retailer of meat; kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

snapper collapse: any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters; Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots; flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas

lumber collapse: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material; move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"

arrive collapse: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"; succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"

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