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What is another word for dropping the ball?

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Present participle for to commit a mistake or error

(of time or an opportunity) Present participle for to fail to take advantage of

Present participle for to become complacent in a given situation or environment

Present participle for to make an error in judgment or assessment

Present participle for to speak hesitantly or haltingly

A mistake, typically unintentional

An embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation

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Verb

Present participle for to commit a mistake or error

screwing the pooch

falling on one's face

making a mess of

making a mistake

making a hash of

getting it wrong

making a blunder

getting things wrong

making a pig's ear of

putting your foot in it

making a nonsense of

making a Horlicks of

making a boo-boo

dropping a brick

making a muck of

blotting your copybook

making a bloomer

getting the wrong end of the stick

misapprehending

dropping a clanger

crashing and burning

making a dog's dinner of

doing something badly

making an error

misunderstanding

maladministering

putting your foot in your mouth

making a botch of

speaking out of turn

making a howler

misinterpreting

delivering badly

muffing something up

making a faux pas

making a false move

pulling a boner

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“Basically, you can't drop the ball at any time because the results could be disastrous.”

Verb

(of time or an opportunity) Present participle for to fail to take advantage of

Verb

Present participle for to become complacent in a given situation or environment

getting comfortable

relaxing your efforts

letting it all hang out

enjoying oneself

entertaining oneself

taking time off

making yourself at home

letting yourself go

amusing oneself

taking time out

collecting oneself

composing oneself

taking a breather

putting your feet up

feeling at home

taking your ease

catching one's breath

taking a load off

taking things easy

stopping worrying

taking a chill pill

taking some time off

becoming informal

becoming less formal

becoming relaxed

becoming less rigid

taking one's time

making less tense

letting your hair down

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Verb

Present participle for to make an error in judgment or assessment

misinterpreting

misunderstanding

underestimating

getting signals crossed

estimating wrongly

missing by a mile

getting it wrong

making a mistake

making a boo-boo

making an error

calculating wrongly

making a mistake about

making a howler

misapprehending

miscomprehending

misconjecturing

getting the wrong idea

getting the wrong impression

getting the wrong idea about

judging incorrectly

getting the wrong end of the stick about

jumping to the wrong conclusion about

coming to hasty conclusion

barking up wrong tree

taking something amiss

getting the wrong end of the stick

putting a wrong interpretation on

receiving a false impression

getting hold of the wrong end of the stick

misrepresenting

missing the point

getting your lines crossed about

getting the wrong impression about

having wrong impression

setting too low

not registering

getting wrong impression

getting signals mixed

failing to understand

taking something the wrong way

getting a false impression of

making a wrong interpretation of

taking out of context

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Verb

Present participle for to speak hesitantly or haltingly

speaking haltingly

speaking falteringly

fumbling for words

stumbling over your words

humming and hawing

tripping over your tongue

hemming and hawing

Noun

A mistake, typically unintentional

misapprehension

slip of the tongue

misunderstanding

slip of the pen

error of judgment

misinterpretation

poor decision-making

underestimation

breach of etiquette

putting foot in mouth

dumb thing to do

typographical error

printer's error

dog's breakfast

pig's breakfast

misconstruction

wrong impression

keyboarding error

typesetting error

printing mistake

typesetting mistake

keyboarding mistake

typographical mistake

unsuccessfulness

poor performance

flash in the pan

lack of success

coming to nothing

falling through

inappropriate behaviour

social indiscretion

misdemeanour^UK

error of judgement

misreading of the situation

misbehaviour^UK

colossal blunder

lapse of etiquette

mischievousness

blunder in etiquette

foot in the mouth

misconfiguration

mispronunciation

poor configuration

foolish mistake

wrong configuration

self-defeating action

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Noun

An embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation

misdemeanour^UK

misbehaviour^UK

mischievousness

breach of etiquette

slip of the tongue

foolish mistake

slip of the pen

misapprehension

putting foot in mouth

inappropriate behaviour

social indiscretion

dumb thing to do

error of judgment

breaking of the law

lapse of etiquette

colossal blunder

blunder in etiquette

misunderstanding

misinterpretation

underestimation

typographical error

misconstruction

wrong impression

keyboarding error

typesetting error

printing mistake

typesetting mistake

keyboarding mistake

typographical mistake

pig's breakfast

unsuccessfulness

poor performance

flash in the pan

lack of success

coming to nothing

falling through

poor decision-making

printer's error

error of judgement

misreading of the situation

foot in the mouth

misconfiguration

mispronunciation

poor configuration

dog's breakfast

wrong configuration

self-defeating action

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