Related Words for drop the ball

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drop a clanger
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Phrase, Verb
drop
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Noun
fall on one's face
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Phrase, Verb
lay an egg
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Phrase, Verb
drop a brick
/x/
Phrase, Verb
leave someone in the lurch
//xxx/
Phrase, Verb
slip up
//
Phrase, Verb
miss the mark
/x/
Name, Verb
fall on one's sword
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Phrase, Verb
throw in the towel
/xx/x
Phrase, Verb
take a dive
/x/
Phrase, Verb
be riding for a fall
//x/x/
Phrase, Verb
drop a bomb
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hang out to dry
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Phrase, Verb
throw under the bus
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Phrase, Verb
pass the buck
/x/
Phrase, Verb
throw up one's hands
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Phrase, Verb
throw out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
lose it
//
Phrase, Verb
miss the boat
/x/
Name, Verb
drop a bombshell
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
bottle out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bail
/
Noun
flop
/
Noun
crap out
//
Phrase, Verb
lose one's head
///
Phrase, Verb
fall short
//
Phrase, Verb
screw the pooch
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lose one's way
///
Phrase, Verb
flunk out
//
Phrase, Verb
fall from grace
///
Phrase, Noun, Verb
throw away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fall through the cracks
//x/
Phrase, Verb
run a risk
/x/
Phrase, Verb
drop a hint
/x/
Phrase, Verb
drop the bomb
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hit the skids
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get the ball rolling
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
lose the plot
/xx
Phrase, Verb
give something up as a bad job
//x//x//
Phrase, Verb
fall off the wagon
//x/x
Phrase, Verb
put one's foot in it
///x/
Phrase, Verb
die on the vine
//x/
Phrase, Verb
play ball
//
Phrase, Verb
blow off
//
Phrase, Verb
leave someone out in the cold
//x/xx/
Phrase, Verb
roll the dice
/xx
Phrase, Verb
fall behind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
keep one's eye on the ball
////x/
Phrase, Verb
put one's foot in one's mouth
///x//
Phrase, Verb
come to grief
///
Phrase, Verb
put down
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
give something a miss
//xx/
Phrase, Verb
choke
/
Verb
fall between the cracks
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
throw in
/x
Phrase, Verb, Noun
fall apart
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lose one's touch
///
Phrase, Verb
fall between two stools
/x///
Phrase, Verb
slack off
//
Phrase, Verb
shoot oneself in the foot
/x/xx/
Phrase, Verb
backfire
/x
Noun
kick
/
Noun
draw a blank
/x/
Phrase, Verb
drag one's feet
///
Phrase, Verb
drop out
//
Phrase, Verb
take the count
/x/
Phrase, Verb
keep the ball rolling
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
let fly
//
Phrase, Verb
flake
/
Noun
knock the stuffing out of
/x/x//
Phrase, Verb
go down like a lead balloon
///x/x/
Phrase, Verb
cut corners
//x
Phrase, Verb
pull the trigger
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
put a foot wrong
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
let someone down gently
//x//x
Phrase, Verb
kick to the curb
//x/
Phrase, Verb
pull one's weight
///
Phrase, Verb
get down to business
////x
Phrase, Verb
take a spill
/x/
Phrase, Verb
sling one's hook
///
Phrase, Verb
fight a losing battle
/x/x/x
Phrase, Verb
come to nothing
///x
Phrase, Verb
throw
/
Verb
take a tumble
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
shoot the messenger
/x/xx
Phrase, Verb
drop in
/x
Phrase, Verb, Noun
take it upon oneself
//x/x/
Phrase, Verb
hit the dirt
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bounce
/
Noun
kick off
//
Phrase, Verb
push one's luck
///
Phrase, Verb
stick one's neck out
////
Phrase, Verb
call
/
Noun
run out the clock
//x/
Phrase, Verb
walk into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hit a snag
/x/
Phrase, Verb
abandon
x/x
Verb, Noun
abatement
x/x
Noun
abolish
x/x
Verb
abort
x/
Verb, Noun
absorption
x/x
Noun
add
/
Verb, Noun
affixing
x/x
Noun, Adjective
afford
x/
Verb
age
/
Noun, Verb
alleviation
xxx/x
Noun
ammo
/x
Noun, Verb
ask
/
Verb, Noun
atomic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
attend to
x//
Phrase, Verb
backsliding
/xx
Noun, Adjective
bag
/
Noun, Verb
baggy
/x
Adjective, Noun
bal
/
Name, Adjective
balance
/x
Noun, Verb
bale
/
Noun, Verb
balled
/
Adjective
balloon
x/
Noun, Verb
ballplayer
/xx
Noun
ballroom
/x
Noun, Verb
barrel
/x
Noun, Verb
baseball
//
Noun
basket
/x
Noun, Verb
basketball
/xx
Noun, Verb
bat
/
Noun, Verb
beach ball
//
Phrase, Noun
bead
/
Noun, Verb
bearings
/x
Noun
bell
/
Noun, Verb
billiard ball
/x/
Phrase, Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blackjack
/x
Noun, Verb
bola
/x
Noun
bolt
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
bolus
/x
Noun, Verb
booty
/x
Noun, Adjective
bowl
/
Noun, Verb
bowler
/x
Noun
box
/
Noun, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
break
/
Verb, Noun
breakdown
/x
Noun
buck
/
Noun, Verb
bullet
/x
Noun, Verb
bunch
/
Noun, Verb
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
button
/x
Noun, Verb
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
candy
/x
Noun, Verb
cannonball
/xx
Noun, Verb
cap
/
Noun, Verb
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cast off
//
Phrase, Verb
castle
/x
Noun, Verb
catch
/
Verb, Noun
cease
/
Verb, Noun
chain
/
Noun, Verb
checking
/x
Noun
chop down
//
Phrase, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
chute
/
Noun, Verb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
clap
/
Noun, Verb
classify
/xx
Verb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clew
/
Noun, Verb
clod
/
Noun, Verb
clot
/
Noun, Verb
cloth
/
Noun
clump
/
Noun, Verb
collapse
x/
Noun, Verb
commit
x/
Verb, Noun
consume
x/
Verb
contraction
x/x
Noun
counting
/x
Noun
coward
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cowardly
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crazy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
crevasse
x/
Noun, Verb
cricket
/x
Noun, Verb
cricket ball
/x/
Phrase, Noun
crotch
/
Noun, Verb
crystal
/x
Noun, Adjective
cube
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
curtailment
x/x
Noun
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cutback
/x
Noun
dance
/
Noun, Verb
dangle
/x
Verb, Noun
dash
/
Noun, Verb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
deceleration
xxx/x
Noun
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
decrement
xxx
Noun, Verb
degenerate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
degradation
xx/x
Noun
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
deletion
x/x
Noun
delivery
x/xx
Noun
demise
x/
Noun, Verb
demotion
x/x
Noun
deplete
x/
Verb
deposit
x/x
Noun, Verb
depreciate
x/xx
Verb
depress
x/
Verb
depression
x/x
Noun
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
descent
x/
Noun
desist
x/
Verb
detach
x/
Verb
deteriorate
x/xxx
Verb
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
dim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
diminish
x/x
Verb
diminution
xx/x
Noun
dip
/
Noun, Verb
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
disc
/
Noun, Verb
discard
x/
Verb, Noun
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
dismiss
x/
Verb
disposal
x/x
Noun
dispose
x/
Verb, Noun
ditch
/
Noun, Verb
dive
/
Noun, Verb
doom
/
Noun, Verb
dope
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downfall
/x
Noun, Verb
downside
/x
Noun
downsizing
/xx
Noun
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
doze
/
Verb, Noun
drag
/
Verb, Noun
drawdown
/x
Noun
drawing
/x
Noun
drift
/
Noun, Verb
drink
/
Noun, Verb
drip
/
Noun, Verb
droop
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
drop cloth
//
Phrase, Noun
dropdown
/x
Noun, Adjective