drop the ball

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.

"It cannot drop the ball and allow the collapse of Northern Ireland's strategic and world-class aerospace sector."

The US has "dropped the ball" on chip manufacturing over the years, allowing China and other Asian hubs to steam ahead.

In five seconds, from five vantage points, Judge drops the ball five times.