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Dropped the ball ?
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whl626  #5675  Tue, 26 Aug 03 05:21 AM
JOEY: Hey. Mr. Douglas is looking for you.

CHANDLER: Why? Wh- wh- why is Mr. Douglas looking for me?

JOEY: 'Cause he has a strong suspicion that you dropped the ball on the Lender project.

CHANDLER: Wha- wh- why, why, why does he suspect that?

JOEY: Becasue at first he thought it was Joseph. But after he asked Joseph about it, turns out it was you. Anyway, I just thought you should know.


Can anyone tell me what it means ' dropped the ball ' in this dialogue ?

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hitchhiker  #5677  Tue, 26 Aug 03 07:07 AM
Heya,

"Dropped the ball" is taken straight from the sports world! It simply means to 'fail at something'

  
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Mike in Japan  #5678  Tue, 26 Aug 03 07:17 AM
Perhaps also discontinue, postpone or lose interest
  
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maj  #5684  Tue, 26 Aug 03 08:56 AM
I don´t see what it means exactly.
  
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geebeens  #5731  Tue, 26 Aug 03 02:18 PM
Chandler screwed up the project. (But of course it was Joey.)
  
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