Synonyms of drops the ball

drops the ball

phrase

present tense third-person singular of drop the ball

as in fumbles

to make a mistake

I'm so sorry I dropped the ball and forgot to buy the wine for the dinner party.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbles
• trips
• stumbles
• slips up
• lays an egg
• screws up
• goofs (up)
• blunders
• fouls up
• errs
• boobs
• nods
• fluffs
• messes (up)
• flubs
• mistakes
• louses up
• misunderstands
• murders
• muffs
• misconceives
• botches
• misdeems
• mangles
• bungles
• butchers
• misjudges
• miscalculates
• miscounts
• bobbles
• miscues
• misgauges
• misconstrues
• foozles
• mishandles
• misinterprets