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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.

From Time Magazine Archive