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Drop The Ball Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ERR which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: ERR

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99%3Exact Match!
verb

• to make a mistake or be incorrect

• wander from a direct course or at random

95%7Exact Match!
verb

• make somebody homeless by destroying their houses with bombs

95%4Exact Match!
verb

• fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

• fail to win

• suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

• miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

• allow to go out of sight or mind

• fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

• fail to get or obtain

• fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

• withdraw, as from reality

• be set at a disadvantage

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