Meaning of fumble the bag | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To make unwise financial decisions that lead one to lose or not make more money.
   slang
2. To miss out on an opportunity or to do a bad job using it.
   broadly, slang

Examples

“The accountant kept thousands of us entertained during his time on the show, with his unrelenting determination to not to fumble the bag – which stood at an impressive $100,000 (£81,000) when the series began.”

“So while looking at his partnership deals, his lyrics and other aspects of his money-making moves, XXL highlights the ways not to fumble the bag according to Travis Scott's business moves. You can apply them to your own life to make a deal and, more importantly, secure the bag.”

““All you need to know is that we never fumble the bag,” Mia adds, pre-empting any fan concerns that the ladies weren’t money-minded. “We’re always going to make sure all three of us are good before anything. So us fumbling the bag would just be awful. And that’s not who we are. We are strong, independent women.””

“[W]ith extremely varying degrees of success, the Bachelor Franchise has been trying to match people with their soul mates since 2002. Now, for the first time in 17 years, there’s a queer couple on the show...and the producers have majorly fumbled the bag.”

“Hulu really fumbled the bag when they canceled High Fidelity. So while they hold that L, I'll be begging other streaming services and networks to pick the series up.”

“Lamar and Khloe were married from 2009 to 2016 ... and our sources say he thinks Tristan is fumbling the bag with Khloe. Quite frankly, we're told LO wanted to see where his comment might lead the exes.”

“Even though Supreme Court appointees aren’t democratically elected; even though his party controls the White House and Congress, the other two-thirds of the government’s system of checks and balances; even though some argue that former liberals on the court fumbled the bag by not handing off power; even though there are already plenty of elected abortion rights supporters in Congress who still weren’t able to stop this.”

“That was like the highest level of respect to the point we at the peak of our careers, with the opportunity to go head and start a dynasty, and then we fumbled the bag on the two-yard line.”

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