I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
tactical error/mistake/blunder (= a mistake that will harm your plans later )
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■ VERB
commit
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Supposing in innocently requesting him to escort her today, she'd unwittingly committed a crass blunder ?
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After a quiet opening, Speelman committed a simple blunder , losing a piece for two pawns.
make
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And to study it you need a programme that ensures you don't make a blunder .
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The winner made one bad blunder six fences from home but that could be put down more to frustration than anything else.
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Were they all pretending to be ignorant in order to trap him into making some punishable blunder .
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He had made the most ancient blunder in the business quite off his own bat.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a series of management blunders
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It seems to be another public relations blunder by the government.
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Major management blunders have led the company into bankruptcy.
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She stopped, finally aware of the terrible blunder she had made.
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Field goal follies At least four games this season were decided on field goal blunders.
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History was being catalogued here, the missed opportunities, blunders, and outright mistakes.
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It is a laborious process, likely to lead to embarrassing blunders if badly done.
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One popular blunder that almost every economist denounces is rent control.
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Snow was Harold Wilson's biggest ministerial blunder .
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The parents face a nightmare week-long wait before blood tests show if there has been a hospital blunder .
II. verb
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■ ADVERB
about
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Until we do, we shall be blundering about in the dark.
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They're blundering about like a ship in the fog, with no terms of reference to steer by.
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Forest Goblin shamans are prone to run off dizzily, or just blunder about , unable to distinguish fact from venom-induced fiction.
around
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To be raped is one thing, but to blunder around disorientated is another.
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He realized he had blundered by picking such an experienced player for the team.
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Police admitted that they blundered when they let Wylie go.
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The government later admitted it had blundered in its handling of the affair.
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They turned a corner and blundered into a group of soldiers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A moth thudded into the parchment lampshade and blundered round, trying to escape.
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He developed the photographs himself, blundering round the bathroom in the pitch dark.
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On occasion even the latter have lost their usual reticence and blundered.
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On the second night out of Hong Kong we blundered into the middle of a fishing fleet working close inshore.
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To be raped is one thing, but to blunder around disorientated is another.
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You can see so little as you blunder on that you are an easy target for any animal seeking fresh meat.