stagger around

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To move around unsteadily, with no clear direction.

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Examples (10)

  • After a few drinks, he started to stagger around the room.
  • The injured bird could only stagger around on the ground.
  • She watched the toddler stagger around the living room, learning to walk.
  • Lost and disoriented, he began to stagger around in the dense fog.
  • The old man would often stagger around his garden, leaning on his cane.
  • He was so tired he could barely stand, just staggering around aimlessly.
  • Don't let him stagger around like that; he might fall and hurt himself.
  • The exhausted hikers continued to stagger around the mountain path.
  • After the earthquake, people were staggering around in a daze.
  • The boxer took a heavy blow and started to stagger around the ring.