drops the ball
phrase
as in slips up
to make a mistake I'm so sorry I dropped the ball and forgot to buy the wine for the dinner party. Synonyms & Similar Words
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- slips up
- fumbles
- trips
- stumbles
- screws up
- fouls up
- blunders
- lays an egg
- errs
- nods
- boobs
- goofs (up)
- louses up
- fluffs
- flubs
- mistakes
- misunderstands
- misdeems
- messes (up)
- muffs
- murders
- misconceives
- foozles
- botches
- mangles
- misgauges
- bungles
- miscounts
- misjudges
- miscalculates
- butchers
- bobbles
- miscues
- misconstrues
- mishandles
- misinterprets
