lose+footing
111Operation Badr (1973) — Part of the Yom Kippur War/October War …
112Enlightenment II (The French): deism, morality and politics — The French Enlightenment II: deism, morality and politics Peter Jimack One of the most striking features of the French Enlightenment was its hostility to Christianity, especially as represented by the Catholic Church, a hostility which went far… …
113Existence (Philosophy of) 1 — Philosophy of existence 1 Heidegger Jacques Taminiaux At the very outset and up to the end, the long philosophical journey of Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) remained oriented by a single question, the question of Being, the Seinsfrage. This does… …
114founder — I noun the founder of modern physics Syn: originator, creator, (founding) father, prime mover, architect, engineer, designer, developer, pioneer, author, planner, inventor, mastermind; literary begetter II verb 1) the ship foundered …
115stumble — verb 1) she stumbled and fell heavily Syn: trip (over/up), lose one s balance, lose/miss one s footing, slip 2) he stumbled back home Syn: stagger, totter, teeter, dodder, blunder, hobble, move clumsily …
116trip — 1. verb 1) he tripped on the loose stones Syn: stumble, lose one s footing, catch one s foot, slip, lose one s balance, fall, fall down, tumble, topple, take a spill, wipe out 2) students often trip up by forgetting to add a bibliography Syn …
117even — adj 1. level, plane, flat, smooth, complan ate; horizontal, linear, rectilinear; flush, straight, true, plumb; balanced, right, equalized; symmetrical, proportionate, proportional, commensurate, correlative. 2. parallel, collateral, coextensive,… …
118tumble — v 1. fall down, fall end over end, pitch, pitch forward, precipitate oneself, fall headlong, go down, Inf. take a spill, Inf. take a flyer or a header or a pratfall; slip, stagger, totter, falter, lose one s footing, lose one s equilibrium, Inf.… …
119stumble — verb 1) he stumbled and fell Syn: trip, lose one s balance, lose one s footing, slip 2) he stumbled back home Syn: stagger, totter, blunder, hobble Phrases …
120slip — 1. v. & n. v. (slipped, slipping) 1 intr. slide unintentionally esp. for a short distance; lose one s footing or balance or place by unintended sliding. 2 intr. go or move with a sliding motion (as the door closes the catch slips into place;… …
