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flub-up

NOUN

blunder

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blooper error fault gaffe goof inaccuracy indiscretion lapse oversight

STRONG

boner boo-boo bungle flub fluff howler impropriety muff slip slipup solecism trip

WEAK

dumb move dumb thing to do faux pas

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accuracy care correction correctness perfection right success

WEAK

fix restitution

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He was fired from the C.R.P. because of the Watergate flub-up, ostensibly for refusing to answer the FBI's questions, and some unkind words have been leaking out of the Administration about the onetime FBI agent.

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