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tumble
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of TUMBLE
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to go to a lower level especially abruptly <prices for those stocks have really tumbled>
Synonyms crash, crater, decline, descend, dip, dive, fall, lower, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, tumble
Related Words abate, decrease, de-escalate, die (down), diminish, droop, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, moderate, subside, taper off, wane; recede, retreat
3
to undo the proper order or arrangement of <tumbled all the clothes in her closet as she furiously searched for her favorite pair of jeans>
Synonyms confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset
4
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure <all we need is one strong wind, and that old barn is going to tumble>
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