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Phr V flounder around flounders, floundering, floundered flounder about/around to have a lot of difficulty trying to move in water or mudoften + inHe floundered around in the deep water, desperate to reach the shore.
phraseflounder around1. flounder around/about to move unsteadily and with difficulty, especially in water, mud etc: Men were floundering about in the water, splashing and yelling.2. flounder around/about to try hard to think of what to say or what to do, but with difficulty: I floundered around, trying to think of the right word.
flounder aroundTo have a hard time doing something or making progress. She expected to move on to greater success, but ever since she left that popular show, she's just been floundering around. flounder aroundto struggle or wallow around. The whole company is just floundering around and getting nowhere. The horse floundered around, trying to get across the soggy pasture. |