flounder

/ˈflaʊndər/ verb [I]

Translation

MOVEMENT › to make wild movements with your arms or body, especially because you are trying not to sink

batmamak için çırpınmak, debelenmek

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NOT KNOW › to not know what to do or say

bocalamak, ne söyleyeceğini/yapacağını bilmemek

When he resigned, the team was left floundering.1786

FAIL › If a relationship, organization, or plan flounders, it fails or begins to experience problems.

düşe kalka/bata çıka ilerlemek; sorunlar yaşamaya başlamak; iyi gitmemek; sorunlar yaşamak

By 1993 his marriage was floundering.1902

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

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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