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drop the ball
verb as in blunder
verb as in bungle
verb as in err
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in falter
verb as in flounder
Strong matches
verb as in miscalculate
verb as in misestimate
verb as in misjudge
Strong matches
verb as in misreckon
verb as in miss
verb as in muff
Example Sentences
In the 56th minute they piled on, Darcy Graham almost getting over in the corner, but dropping the ball under pressure.
"I blame all the adults in my life that literally just dropped the ball and said: 'She's here in America now, she's going to be fine.'"
The Black Caps still needed another 93 when Luke Wood dropped the ball when a reverse sweep from Mitchell looped up to him at backward point.
Quarterback Dominick Catalano dropped the ball, picked it up and found Plinski, who also used his lacrosse skills to make the catch.
But that doesn’t mean Biden’s doctors dropped the ball earlier, he and others said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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