2
slip up(verb, expression, stumble, flop, stray)
2
stumble(verb, hesitate, flop, misconstrue, misunderstand)
2
trip up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, disregard)
2
vacillate(verb, pause, hesitate, stumble, waver)
1
flub(verb, drop, ruin, disregard, trip)
1
ball up(verb, expression, ruin, bungle, botch)
1
bark up wrong tree(verb, expression, idiom, misconstrue, misunderstand)
1
be in error(verb, fall, blunder, stumble, goof)
1
be inaccurate(verb, fall, blunder, stumble, goof)
1
be incorrect(verb, fall, blunder, stumble, goof)
1
be late for(verb, drop, disregard, trip, fall)
1
be misled(verb, mistake, suppose, misconstrue, misunderstand)
1
be mistaken(verb, fall, blunder, stumble, goof)
1
be overcritical(verb, mistake, suppose, misconstrue, misunderstand)
1
be partial(verb, mistake, suppose, misconstrue, misunderstand)
1
be undecided(verb, pause, hesitate, stumble, waver)
1
be unfair(verb, mistake, suppose, misconstrue, misunderstand)
1
be wrong(verb, mistake, suppose, misconstrue, misunderstand)
1
bollix(verb, fall, blunder, stumble, goof)
1
bomb
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