While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Drop the ball crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on June 15 2024 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Drop the ball has a total of 4 letters.
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Definition
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To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in
any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in
the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply;
to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail.
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To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be
deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.
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To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay;
to sink.
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To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources,
etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.
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To perish; to die; -- used of a person.
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To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to
be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill
expectation.
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To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ;
to be baffled or frusrated.
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To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
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To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to
be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to
become bankrupt or insolvent.
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To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint;
to desert.
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To miss of attaining; to lose.
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Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly
superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail.
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Death; decease.
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FAIL
Drop the ball
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The answer we have in our database for "Drop the ball" is: FAIL
There are a total of 4 letters in FAIL
The crossword clue "Drop the ball" was last spotted on June 15 2024
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