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to fail to correctly catch, stop, or pick up the ball in a game such as cricket or rugby (= a game played with an oval ball) :

an unpleasant situation that is difficult to escape:

to fail to correctly catch, stop, or pick up the ball in a game such as cricket or rugby (= a game played with an oval ball) :

to use something in a way that is not suitable or right:

to write the wrong date on something:

to make something seem less important or smaller than it really is:

If a thought or idea comes to you, you suddenly remember or start to think about it:

to surround or catch someone and prevent them from escaping: