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[syn: trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Misstep \Mis*step"\, n.
A wrong step; an error of conduct.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Misstep \Mis*step"\, v. i.
To take a wrong step; to go astray.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
misstep
n 1: an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the
whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes
to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his
unfortunate misstep" [syn: trip, trip-up, stumble,
misstep]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "misstep":
balk, bevue, bloomer, blooper, blunder, error, false move,
false step, faux pas, gaffe, goof, howler, inadvertence,
inadvertency, indiscretion, lapse, lapsus calami, lapsus linguae,
loose thread, miscue, mistake, omission, oversight, slip, slipup,
stumble, trip, wrong step