Synonyms for drop the ball
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To fail in one's responsibilities or duties, or to make a mistake, especially at a critical point or when the result is very negative.
The movie ought to sputter out here, but Crowe and Cruise don't drop the ball.
Example sentences
- sin Judaism doesn't believe in heritable original sin.
- boob Sami told Layla that she needed to get a boob job.
- blunder Don't worry about your blunder: it wasn't serious.
- goof It's too easy for me to goof off when I'm at my computer.
By length
- 3 letters
- sin1
- 4 letters
- boob1, goof1
- 7 letters
- blunder2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (blunder2 = 2 syllables).