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
“The football gods laugh at us and drop the ball in at the 1-inch line for us to go have to win the game,” coach Michael Locksley said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2023
Take a point, or hope Norway would drop the ball in Cyprus.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
