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Drop the ball

hello everyone welcome back in this video we're going to learn six idioms with friends let's begin the yium drop the ball means to make a mistake fail to do something important...

Course: Idioms from TVSection: Six everyday idioms from FriendsSubtitles: en

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hello

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everyone welcome

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back in this video we're going to learn

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six idioms with

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friends let's

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begin the yium drop the ball means to

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make a mistake fail to do something

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important or neglect a responsibility or

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Duty

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examples don't worry I won't drop the

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ball on this I'll make sure everything

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is completed on

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time the government dropped the ball on

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addressing the environmental crisis

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resulting in widespread

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damage they dropped the ball when they

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forgot to double check the

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calculations we can't afford to drop the

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ball on safety procedures it's a matter

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of life and

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death hello Joey it's a steal I'm sure

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you're wondering why I didn't get you an

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audition for that TV movie yeah actually

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I am I guess I dropped the ball

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there actually we are buying the house

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next door what

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why I don't know why I was on the fence

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but knowing that you

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