drop a clanger

English

Verb

drop a clanger (third-person singular simple present drops a clanger, present participle dropping a clanger, simple past and past participle dropped a clanger)

  1. (informal) To commit an embarrassing blunder or gaffe, for example by saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
    I dropped a clanger when I mentioned how well Mary's mother had been looking recently. I didn't know that she died two days ago.
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