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drop the ball
fail in a responsibility
If you drop the ball, you fail to deal with something that you were responsible for.
Hear it in real life
Did the client receive the contract?
No, I dropped the ball and sent it to the wrong address.
I really dropped the ball by not checking the figures before the presentation.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I dropped a ball and forgot to send the email.
Say: I dropped the ball and forgot to send the email.
In this idiom, use the fixed phrase "the ball," not "a ball."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
drop the ball; have dropped the ball; be dropping the ball
Your turn: say it out loud
I really dropped the ball by not checking the figures before the presentation.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
drop the ball
fail in a responsibility
“I really dropped the ball by not checking the figures before the presentation.”
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