tumble to
phrasal verb
tumbled to; tumbling to; tumbles to
British, informal
: to understand or become aware of (something)
They didn't tumble to the seriousness of the problem.
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Temperatures could tumble to near-freezing by Tuesday morning, which could end up being Atlanta’s coldest morning since February.
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Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
But Taylor-Demerson tumbled to the ground and lost the ball.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Video shows a portion of the chimney that rose above the roofline crumbling and then tumbling to the ground.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
News of the lawsuit, which accused Sherman, CDL’s CEO, of appointing two directors to the board without their names being vetted by the nominations committee, sent the company’s shares tumbling to their lowest level in over two decades.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
But Taylor-Demerson tumbled to the ground and lost the ball.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Video shows a portion of the chimney that rose above the roofline crumbling and then tumbling to the ground.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
News of the lawsuit, which accused Sherman, CDL’s CEO, of appointing two directors to the board without their names being vetted by the nominations committee, sent the company’s shares tumbling to their lowest level in over two decades.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Tumble to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tumble%20to. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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