Synonyms of lays an egg

lays an egg

phrase

present tense third-person singular of lay an egg

1

as in trips

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

• trips
• fumbles
• stumbles
• slips up
• drops the ball
• screws up
• goofs (up)
• blunders
• fouls up
• errs
• boobs
• messes (up)
• fluffs
• nods
• flubs
• mistakes
• louses up
• misunderstands
• murders
• muffs
• butchers
• misdeems
• misconceives
• bungles
• botches
• miscues
• miscounts
• mangles
• bobbles
• misgauges
• miscalculates
• misjudges
• foozles
• 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
• flops
• folds
• falls short
• strikes out
• struggles
• falls flat
• bombs
• comes to grief
• misses
• comes a cropper
• flames out
• tanks
• washes out
• founders
• falls on one's face
• comes up empty
• dies on the vine
• craters
• flunks
• declines
• crashes
• slips
• goes under
• slumps
• skids
• flounders
• crumbles
• wanes
• sinks
• misfires
• miscarries
• implodes
• self-destructs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• works out
• goes
• goes over
• comes off
• succeeds
• delivers
• clicks
• pans out
• cooks
• flourishes
• thrives
• prospers
• prevails
• wins
• triumphs