false move

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[usuallysing.] an action that is not allowed or not recommended and that may cause a bad result: One false move and the bomb might blow up.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

false moveEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary false moveEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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false move