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Idiom

drop a bollock

Vulgar

Meaning

To make a mistake.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I really dropped a bollock when I sent that email to the wrong person.”

“The project was going perfectly until the manager dropped a bollock and deleted all the important files.”

“Despite his years of experience in the field, he dropped a bollock during the final presentation, which ultimately cost the firm the lucrative contract.”

Examples

simple

“I really dropped a bollock when I sent that email to the wrong person.”

contextual

“The project was going perfectly until the manager dropped a bollock and deleted all the important files.”

complex

“Despite his years of experience in the field, he dropped a bollock during the final presentation, which ultimately cost the firm the lucrative contract.”

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