fumble
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- n (sports) dropping the ball
- v feel about uncertainly or blindly
- v make one's way clumsily or blindly
He fumbled towards the door - v handle clumsily
- v make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- v drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
fumble a grounder
- It is perfectly possible, for example, to outguess the defense and complete a long pass, but then suffer a fumble.
- With time running out, global negotiators still seem far apart, and there's a growing fear that the world could fumble the opportunity.
- With a little over a minute left in an AFC playoff game, Indianapolis Colts defensive back Nick Harper, his team down three points, picked up a fumble by the Pittsburgh Steelers .