falter

/ˈfɔːltər/ verb [I]

Translation

STOP BEING SUCCESSFUL › to stop being confident, powerful, or successful

gücünü kaybetmek, başarılı olamamak, bocalamak

In the late 1980s his career began to falter.19201852

MAKE MISTAKES › to pause, make mistakes, or seem weak when you are talking or moving

tereddüt etmek, duraksamak, hata yapmak, kekelemek, kem küm etmek

Her voice didn't falter once during the ceremony. a few faltering steps 15601918

(Definition of falter verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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