lays an egg
phrase
1
as in slips up
to make a mistake His book report was going perfectly until he laid an egg and got the main character's name wrong. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- slips up
- trips
- fumbles
- stumbles
- screws up
- fouls up
- drops the ball
- blunders
- goofs (up)
- boobs
- errs
- louses up
- nods
- fluffs
- flubs
- mistakes
- misdeems
- misunderstands
- messes (up)
- murders
- muffs
- misgauges
- butchers
- miscounts
- misconceives
- foozles
- bungles
- miscues
- botches
- mangles
- bobbles
- miscalculates
- misjudges
- misconstrues
- mishandles
- misinterprets
2
as in fails
to be unsuccessful The gymnast nailed perfect landings on her first two vaults but really laid an egg on the third. Synonyms & Similar Words
- fails
- collapses
- falls short
- flops
- strikes out
- folds
- falls flat
- struggles
- washes out
- flames out
- bombs
- misses
- tanks
- falls on one's face
- comes a cropper
- comes to grief
- founders
- comes up empty
- dies on the vine
- craters
- flunks
- declines
- goes under
- crashes
- slips
- skids
- slumps
- flounders
- crumbles
- sinks
- wanes
- misfires
- miscarries
- implodes
- self-destructs
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- comes off
- goes
- succeeds
- delivers
- pans out
- works out
- clicks
- goes over
- cooks
- flourishes
- thrives
- prospers
- wins
- prevails
- triumphs
- silver chickweed
- silver china grass
- peripheral
- peripheral field
- peripheral nervous system
- peripheral neuropathy
- peripheralism
- peripherally
- peripherals
- peripheries
- periphero-
- periphery
- periphrase
- periphrases
- periphrasis
- periphrastic
- periphrastically
- periphyses
- periphysis
- periphytic
- periphyton
- periphytons
- periplanetae
- periplanetas
- periplasm