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Definition of drop the ball
drop the ball
verb
- to fail in one's responsibilities.
Citation from "New Car", Up All Night (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.My commander dropped the ball as soon as he noticed the enemy at the horizon.
I dropped the ball and forgot to make dinner.
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Aug 11 2016. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.
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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. | |
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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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