fall down on the job

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Fig. to fail to do something properly; to fail to do one's job adequately. The team kept losing because the coach was falling down on the job. Tom was fired because he fell down on the job.

See also: fall, job

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The title challengers certainly didn't fall down on the job, despite manager Walter Smith being annoyed with a late lapse of concentration which allowed the hosts a goal they rarely looked like grabbing. Football: CHRIS GOES DOWN A STORM; Clydesdale Bank PREMIER LEAGUE But ... by The Mirror (London, England) That's an appropriate issue in this presidential campaign: If the feds fall down on the job, they ought to pay the states for the extra expenses. EDITORIAL : PROP. 187 REVISITED DOLE POINTS OUT INEQUITIES IN ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Premier Brown is growing in stature, despite momentary fears he would fall down on the job after stumbling yesterday at the podium. A leader born to serve us by The Mirror (London, England)			faith Faith will move mountains fake fake it fake off fake out fake out of fall fall afoul of fall all over fall apart fall asleep fall at fall away fall away toward fall back fall back on fall below fall beneath fall between fall between two stools fall by fall by the wayside fall down fall down on fall down on the job fall flat fall flat on face fall for fall for hook, line and sinker fall foul of fall from fall from grace fall from power fall head over heels fall head over heels in love fall heir to fall ill fall in fall in a heap fall in line fall in love fall in on fall in place fall in with fall into a trap fall into clutches fall into decay fall into disfavor fall into disgrace fall into disuse			fall by inheritance fall by succession fall by the wayside fall by the wayside fall by the wayside fall cankerworm Fall City Fall City Arts Fall Classic Fall Classic Fall Commanders Conference Fall Creek Falls State Park Fall Creek Falls State Resort Park Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, Inc. Fall Creek Intermediate School Fall Creek Public Library Fall Creek State Recreation Area Fall Creek Valley Fall Creek Valley Middle School Fall Creek Watershed Committee fall dandelion fall down fall down fall down fall down fall down fall down Fall Down Go Boom Fall Down Laughing fall down on fall down on the job fall drop off the radar fall due fall equinox fall equinox fall equinox fall exactly together Fall Festival fall fever fall flat fall flat fall flat fall flat fall flat fall flat its face fall flat on face fall flat on face fall flat on face fall flat on face fall flat on face fall flat on face fall for fall for fall for fall for fall for fall for hook, line and sinker Fall forward fall foul fall foul fall foul

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