Meaning & use
Muffed
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Bungled or mishandled, especially by fumbling a catch, line, or opportunity.
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The outfielder muffed an easy fly ball in the ninth inning.
She muffed her big audition by forgetting her opening line.
A note on using this word
Past tense of the verb 'muff,' likely derived from the clumsy, fumbling image of handling something with a bulky muff.
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