tumble
/ˈtʌmbl̩/ noun C1- A fall, especially end over end. · I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.
- A disorderly heap.
- An act of sexual intercourse.
Plural tumbles
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The rough-and-tumble work in Afghanistan, coming on the top of a natural Bohemianism of disposition, has made me rather more lax than befits a medical man.
Holmes, if this is true, we only tumble out of one mystery into another,” said the London inspector.
At the far end is an old tumble-down summer-house.
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