drop (redirected from dropped the ball)

drop someone 

1. S(to knock someone down; to punch and knock down a person. Fred dropped Willie with one punch to the jaw.

2. Fig. to stop being friends with someone, especially with one's boyfriend or girlfriend. Bob finally dropped Jane. I don't know what he saw in her. I'm surprised that she didn't drop him first.

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a drop in the bucket a drop in the ocean at the drop of a hat could hear a pin drop drop drop a bomb drop a bombshell drop a bundle drop a clanger drop a hint drop a line drop a line and drop a few lines; drop a note drop across drop around drop away drop back drop behind drop below drop by the wayside drop dead Drop dead! drop down

drop drawers drop everything drop from drop guard drop in Drop in sometime drop in the bucket drop in tracks drop into drop into lap drop like a hot brick drop like a hot potato drop like flies drop names drop off drop on drop out drop out of drop out of sight drop over drop teeth drop the ball

drop the other shoe Drop the subject! drop up drop-dead drop-dead date drop-dead gorgeous fall into lap fall off off the radar fall off the map fit to drop get the drop on glad you could drop by jaw drops not to touch a drop so still you could hear a pin drop the bottom drops out of the market the penny drops Turn on, tune in, drop out wait for the other shoe to drop You could have heard a pin drop