Antonyms for drop the ball
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɔl |
- accomplish
- achieve
- attend
- behave
- calm
- comprehend
- continue
- correct
- disbelieve
- do
- do correctly
- do well
- endure
- exaggerate
- face
- figure
- figure correctly
- find
- fix
- get
- grow
- heed
- help
- hold
- idle
- judge well
- keep
- laze
- look at
- maintain
- manage
- meet
- note
- notice
- obey
- pay attention
- perceive
- perfect
- persist
- regard
- remain
- remember
- respect
- restore
- stabilize
- stay
- steady
- succeed
- understand
Definition of drop the ball
Origin :- "round object," Old English *beal, from or corresponding to Old Norse bollr "ball," from Proto-Germanic *balluz (cf. Old High German ballo, German Ball), from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).
- Meaning "testicle" is from early 14c. Ball of the foot is from mid-14c. A ball as an object in a sports game is recorded from c.1200; To have the ball "hold the advantage" is from c.1400. To be on the ball is 1912, from sports. Ball-point pen first recorded 1946. Ball of fire when first recorded in 1821 referred to "a glass of brandy;" as "spectacularly successful striver" it is c.1900.
- As in miscalculate : verb make a mistake
- As in misjudge : verb get the wrong idea
- As in miss : verb fail, make a mistake
- As in muff : verb bungle
- As in slip : verb err
- As in blunder : verb make mistake
- As in bungle : verb blunder, mess up
- As in misestimate : verb miscalculate
- As in misreckon : verb miscalculate
- As in err : verb make a mistake; do wrong
- As in falter : verb stumble, stutter
- As in flounder : verb struggle; be in the dark
Synonyms for drop the ball
- ball up
- bark up wrong tree
- be in error
- be inaccurate
- be incorrect
- be late for
- be misled
- be mistaken
- be overcritical
- be partial
- be undecided
- be unfair
- be wrong
- blow
- blunder
- bobble
- boggle
- bollix
- boo-boo
- botch
- break
- bumble
- bungle
- butcher
- cast about
- choke
- come apart at the seams
- come to hasty conclusion
- confuse
- deviate
- discount
- disregard
- dogmatize
- drop
- drop the ball
- err
- fall
- fall down
- fall flat on face
- fall short
- flop
- flounder
- flub
- fluctuate
- fluff
- flummox
- forget
- foul up
- fudge
- fumble
- get signals crossed
- get wrong
- go astray
- go at backwards
- go to pieces
- go wrong
- goof
- goof up
- grope
- gum up
- halt
- hem and haw
- hesitate
- ignore
- juggle
- labor
- lapse
- let go
- let slip
- lose
- louse up
- lurch
- make a mess of
- make a mistake
- mar
- mess up
- misapprehend
- misbehave
- miscalculate
- miscarry
- miscomprehend
- misconceive
- misconjecture
- misconstrue
- miscount
- misdeem
- misestimate
- misfire
- mishandle
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- mislay
- mismanage
- misplace
- misread
- misreckon
- miss by a mile
- miss one's cue
- mistake
- misthink
- misunderstand
- mix up
- muddle
- muff
- neglect
- offend
- omit
- overestimate
- overlook
- overrate
- overshoot
- overvalue
- pass over
- pass up
- plunge
- pratfall
- prejudge
- presume
- presuppose
- put foot in
- put foot in mouth
- quaver
- reel
- rock
- roll
- ruin
- screw up
- scruple
- shake
- sin
- skip
- slight
- slip
- slip up
- snafu
- snarl up
- speak haltingly
- spoil
- stagger
- stammer
- stray
- strive
- stub one's toe
- stub toe
- stumble
- suppose
- teeter
- thrash
- toil
- topple
- toss
- totter
- transgress
- travail
- tremble
- trespass
- trip
- trip up
- tumble
- underestimate
- underrate
- undershoot
- undervalue
- vacillate
- wallow
- wander
- waver
- whiffle
- wobble
- work at
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