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false move

noun as in trip

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Example Sentences

Richard heard, and the whispers so shook his mind that he made a false move, lost a piece, lost the game.

He knew perfectly well what a false move, or an ill-considered word, might mean to him.

It was a false move, upon which Palmerston and Russell seized with eagerness and,—it may be imagined,—private glee.

One false move now, and it would mean the end of all things for him.

A false move now, the least slip of a tongue aching to rain curses on Power, and irretrievable mischief would be done.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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