drop the ball

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drop the ball - commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"

blunder, boob, goof, sin

breach, infract, transgress, violate, go against, offend, break - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"

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``The governor has thrown a touchdown pass,'' he said, ``and the Legislature is about to drop the ball.

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Still, with Toronto gaining the better part of the early publicity around the court's decision, businesses there weren't about to drop the ball.

The business of marriage: gay Americans eager to get hitched are ... by Hays, Matthew / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

Just because you've finished cutting hay for the year doesn't mean you can drop the ball on forage production.

Soybean rust: just a matter of time by Smith, Darrell / Farm Journal

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