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laid an eggphrasepast tense of lay an egg to make a mistakeHis book report was going perfectly until he laid an egg and got the main character's name wrong. blundered, boobed(British), erred, flubbed, fluffed, fouled up, fumbled, goofed (up), loused up, messed (up), screwed up, slipped up, stumbled, tripped noddedbobbled, botched, bungled, butchered, foozled, mangled, mishandled, muffed, murderedmiscalculated, misconceived, miscounted, miscued, misdeemed, misgauged(also misgaged), misjudged, mistookmisconstrued, misinterpreted, misunderstood dropped the ball to be unsuccessfulThe gymnast nailed perfect landings on her first two vaults but really laid an egg on the third. bombed, collapsed, cratered, failed, flamed out, flopped, flunked, folded, foundered, missed, struck out, tanked, washed out floundered, struggleddeclined, sank(or sunk), skidded, slipped, slumped, wanedcrashed, crumbled, miscarried, misfiredwent underimploded, self-destructed came a cropper, came to grief, came up empty, died on the vine, fell flat, fell on one's face, fell short came off, clicked, delivered, panned out, succeeded, went, went over, worked out cooked, flourished, prospered, thrived(or throve)prevailed, triumphed, won |