VERB
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commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
I blundered during the job interview
How To Use drop the ball In A Sentence
- He went down the wicket even to bowlers of extreme pace with the intention of making them drop the ball short, and when they did so, he would cut or pull the ball savagely.
- If the media won’t ask the tough questions and find the truth regarding such a simple, straightforward demonstration of a candidate not telling the truth, it is clear when McCain wags the dog in the future, they will drop the ball again. Who Knew What When? - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
- As noted in our review of that release, Fox didn't drop the ball in porting these to the digital medium, with both the video and audio transfers faithfully reproducing the movie.
