lose+footing

  • 11footing — UK [ˈfʊtɪŋ] / US noun [singular] 1) a firm position for your feet on a surface, especially one that is difficult to stand on or walk across keep/lose/miss your footing: She lost her footing and tumbled into the river. 2) a) the basic conditions… …

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  • 12footing — foot|ing [ futıŋ ] noun singular 1. ) a firm position for your feet on a surface, especially one that is difficult to stand on or walk across: keep/lose/miss your footing: She lost her footing and tumbled into the river. 2. ) the basic conditions …

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  • 13lose */*/*/ — UK [luːz] / US [luz] verb Word forms lose : present tense I/you/we/they lose he/she/it loses present participle losing past tense lost UK [lɒst] / US [lɔst] past participle lost Get it right: lose: Don t confuse lose (a verb) and loose (an… …

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  • 14lose — verb 1 not keep ADVERB ▪ forever VERB + LOSE ▪ be about to, be going to, be likely to, stand to ▪ The company stands to lose if this deal falls through …

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  • 15miss one's footing — stumble, slip, fall, lose one s balance …

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  • 16Trip — Trip, n. 1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip. [1913 Webster] His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. A brief or rapid… …

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  • 17slip — [n1] error, goof blooper*, blunder, bungle, failure, fault, flub*, fluff*, foul up*, gaff, howler*, imprudence, indiscretion, lapse, misdeed, misstep, mistake, muff*, omission, oversight, screw up*, slip of the tongue*, slip up*, trip; concept… …

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  • 18trip — [n1] journey, excursion cruise, errand, expedition, foray, hop*, jaunt, junket, outing, overnight, peregrination, ramble*, run, swing*, tour, travel, trek, voyage, weekend; concept 224 trip [n2] error, blunder bungle, fall, false move, false step …

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  • 19tumble — [v] fall or make fall awkwardly bowl down, bring down, descend, dip, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disturb, do a pratfall, down, drop, fall headlong*, flatten, floor, flop, go belly up*, go down, hit the dirt*, jumble, keel, keel over, knock… …

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  • 20slip — slip1 [slip] vi. slipped, slipping [ME slippen < MLowG, akin to OHG slifan < IE * (s)leib , to glide, slip < base * (s)lei , slimy: see SLIDE] 1. to go quietly or secretly; move without attracting notice [to slip out of a room] 2. a) to… …

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