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Verb: drop the ball
  1. Make a serious or embarrassing mistake
    "I dropped the ball during the job interview";
    - blunder, boob [informal], goof [informal]

Derived forms: dropping the ball, drops the ball, dropped the ball

Type of: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, outrage, transgress, violate