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Definition of drop the ball

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'to lose, be defeated, fail':

Definitions include: to perform terribly.
Definitions include: to completely fail a task.
Definitions include: to make a futile attempt.
Definitions include: See school.
Definitions include: "take a loss", i.e. to suffer a loss in a competition.
Definitions include: to fail.
Definitions include: a defeat.
Definitions include: a "professional wrestler" who loses matches so as to build up a featured wrestler's win/loss record and crowd appeal.
Definitions include: to fail
Definitions include: See own.
Definitions include: to do a poor job.
Definitions include: to fail.
Definitions include: an instance of failure.
Definitions include: to be severely defeated.
Definitions include: to fail or err due to pressure.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'ball':

Definitions include: "amazing".
Definitions include: very.
Definitions include: shaved testicles.
Definitions include: to be successful.
Definitions include: significant other.
Definitions include: testicles.
Definitions include: a demanding superior.
Definitions include: pubic hair that is kept in a style that compares to a microphone head.
Definitions include: See ball; baller
Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on".
Definitions include: to leave.
Definitions include: an estimate.
Definitions include: a rough numerical estimate.
Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment.
Definitions include: the scrotum.

Other terms relating to 'drop':

Definitions include: at any moment; without persuasion
Definitions include: acronym for "drop dead gorgeous".
Definitions include: acronym for "drop out loser".
Definitions include: to be anally raped in jail.
Definitions include: to take drugs, usually LSD ("acid") or Ecstasy (MDMA).
Definitions include: in music, to play a beat.
Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
Definitions include: See C-bomb.
Definitions include: have a bowel movement.
Definitions include: to defecate. usually used in a mock-sensuous way or in a lighthearted manner.
Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
Definitions include: to inform the authorities (e.g. police) that someone was involved in a crime.
Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
Definitions include: misspelling of drop a deuce.
Definitions include: to place a large amount of dip (chewing tobacco) between one's cheek and jaw.

Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

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