Fumble
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Physical Clumsiness
Describes someone handling objects in a way that they might drop or lose grip of them. She fumbled with her glasses before putting them on.
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Feeling Pressured
Implies nervousness or anxiety which leads to handling things ineptly. During the interview, nervously, he fumbled with his pen.
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Not Literal
Can be used figuratively to mean having difficulty with an abstract concept. I fumbled with the concept of relativity.