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drop the ball
idiom informal
to make a mistake, especially by not taking action or dealing with something that should have been planned for: （尤指由于愚蠢或粗心）犯错误
For God's sake don't drop the ball on this - we're relying on you.千万不要搞砸了，我们就靠你了！
The government has dropped the ball, he says, and should have seen this coming.
I'll freely admit to dropping the ball on this occasion but I'll fix it.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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balls
balls (something) up
blunder
blunderingly
bodge
making
misdiagnose
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mistake
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stumbling
stumblingly
to err is human (to forgive divine).idiom
trip (someone) up
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drop the ball | American Dictionary
drop the ball
idiom
to fail to keep working to reach a goal:
Public schools have dropped the ball when it comes to teaching kids about art and music.
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