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fumble
noun
verb
(sports) dropping the ball
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noun
(sports) dropping the ball
verb
drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
“fumble a grounder”
verb
handle clumsily
verb
feel about uncertainly or blindly
“She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom”
verb
make one's way clumsily or blindly
“He fumbled towards the door”
verb
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
“I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”
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fumble a grounder
She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom
He fumbled towards the door
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
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