"drop a bollock" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-drop a bollock.ogg Forms: drops a bollock [present, singular, third-person], dropping a bollock [participle, present], dropped a bollock [participle, past], dropped a bollock [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} drop a bollock (third-person singular simple present drops a bollock, present participle dropping a bollock, simple past and past participle dropped a bollock)
  1. (British, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar slang) To make a mistake. Tags: British, idiomatic, intransitive, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-drop_a_bollock-en-verb-OIOYNop3 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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