falter
/ˈfɔːltər/ verb [I]Definition
STOP BEING SUCCESSFUL › to stop being confident, powerful, or successful: In the late 1980s his career began to falter.
MAKE MISTAKES › to pause, make mistakes, or seem weak when you are talking or moving: Her voice didn't falter once during the ceremony. a few faltering steps
(Definition of falter verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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