drop the ball
Example Sentences
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Like, when you’re being aggressive, you’re driving to the basket, you drop the ball off and they steal it.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
But if he receives a second chance at a game-changing pick-six, don’t expect him to drop the ball.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2023
The sort of Tests where if you drop the ball like England did, you are soon picking up tickets home.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2023
And at the receiving end, I’d wait nervously, my hands in front of my face in the shape of an oval, knowing I’d probably drop the ball.
From Slate • Jul. 29, 2023
I wasn’t going to drop the ball on any of it.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
