Drop the ball
Drop the ball verb - Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake.
Shoot oneself in foot and drop the ball are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shoot oneself in foot" instead a verb phrase "Drop the ball".
Shoot oneself in foot
Drop the ball and shoot oneself in foot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drop the ball" instead a verb phrase "Shoot oneself in foot".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- blow and drop the ball
- blow and shoot oneself in foot
- err and drop the ball
- err and shoot oneself in foot
- fumble and drop the ball
- fumble and shoot oneself in foot
- bungle and drop the ball
- bungle and shoot oneself in foot
- blunder and drop the ball
- blunder and shoot oneself in foot
- mismanage and drop the ball
- mismanage and shoot oneself in foot
- foul up and drop the ball
- foul up and shoot oneself in foot
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