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lay an egg
idiom
informal
to make a mistake or be unsuccessful:
It's not easy for judges to admit that they’ve laid an egg.
Despite a stellar cast, this romantic comedy laid an egg with critics and audiences.
They laid an egg at home against a team they expected to beat easily.
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abjectly
at-risk
backbencher
balls (something) up
be on your beam endsidiom
blow (someone/something) up
bomb
egg
flog
flog a dead horseidiom
flop
flub
flunk out
founder
mess
running on emptyidiom
sclerotic
screw
screw (something) up
sign someone's death warrant
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