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laying an eggphrasepresent participle 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. blundering, boobing(British), erring, flubbing, fluffing, fouling up, fumbling, goofing (up), lousing up, messing (up), screwing up, slipping up, stumbling, tripping noddingbobbling, botching, bungling, butchering, foozling, mangling, mishandling, muffing, murderingmiscalculating, misconceiving, miscounting, miscuing, misdeeming, misgauging(also misgaging), misjudging, mistakingmisconstruing, misinterpreting, misunderstanding dropping the ball to be unsuccessfulThe gymnast nailed perfect landings on her first two vaults but really laid an egg on the third. bombing, collapsing, cratering, failing, flaming out, flopping, flunking, folding, foundering, missing, striking out, tanking, washing out floundering, strugglingdeclining, sinking, skidding, slipping, slumping, waningcrashing, crumbling, miscarrying, misfiringgoing underimploding, self-destructing coming a cropper, coming to grief, coming up empty, dying on the vine, falling flat, falling on one's face, falling short clicking, coming off, delivering, going, going over, panning out, succeeding, working out cooking, flourishing, prospering, thrivingprevailing, triumphing, winning |