Communication
fumble through something
do something awkwardly
If you fumble through something, you do it awkwardly because you are unsure or nervous.
Hear it in real life
How did your presentation go?
I fumbled through the opening, but it got easier after that.
I fumbled through the instructions because I had never used the machine before.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I fumbled through on my presentation.
Say: I fumbled through my presentation.
“Fumble through” takes the task directly, without “on.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
fumble through something; fumbled through something; be fumbling through something
Your turn: say it out loud
I fumbled through the instructions because I had never used the machine before.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
fumble through something
do something awkwardly
“I fumbled through the instructions because I had never used the machine before.”
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