Definitions
(sports) dropping the ball
Word origin
Probably from Dutch mof (“muff, mitten”).
Used in a sentence
“Can you fancy that such an old creature (an old muff, as you call him, you wicked, satirical man!) could ever make en impression on my heart?”
“[…]being good is so much like being a muff, generally.”
“But then, supposing this was the real sign? … They had muffed three already; they daren’t muff the fourth.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Dropped catch”4 letters
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