| Performed poorly in order to optimize draft placement, in sports lingo |
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| Lost on purpose |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Feb 2023 |
| Bombed |
Universal |
22 Sep 2021 |
| Lost deliberately |
The Washington Post Sunday |
05 Sep 2021 |
| Failed miserably |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Mar 2021 |
| __ up (got gasoline) |
Newsday |
22 Apr 2020 |
| Incapable Brown kick-started Miliband? |
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| Lost on purpose |
The Washington Post |
02 Dec 2018 |
| Lost on purpose |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2018 |
| Lost intentionally |
The Washington Post |
10 Jun 2018 |
| Lost intentionally |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jun 2018 |
| Lost on purpose |
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| Lost intentionally |
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| Did terribly |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2017 |
| Did terribly |
The Washington Post |
25 Oct 2017 |
| Lost on purpose |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2017 |
| Failed rapidly |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2017 |
| Did terribly |
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| Failed in a big way |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Dec 2016 |
| Drunk as a skunk |
Universal |
24 Nov 2015 |
| Drunk as a skunk |
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| Failed in a big way |
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| Failed rapidly |
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| Utterly failed |
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| Lost on purpose |
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| Went belly up |
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| Went belly up |
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| Failed in a big way |
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| Failed suddenly, in slang |
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| Failed suddenly, in slang |
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| Went down the tubes |
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| Failed completely |
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| Looped |
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| Under the table |
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| Bloody drunk |
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| ___ up (filled with petrol) |
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| Bombed |
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| Blotto |
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| Prepared for a trip, with "up" |
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| Under the influence |
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| Blotto |
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| Didn't meet expectations |
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| Played very badly and lost |
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| Squiffed |
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| and General George Patton was ___ |
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