flub the dub

flub the dub

1. To avoid one's work or duty; shirk; goldbrick: He learned to flub the dub, but still stay pals with his associates
2. To think, work, move, etc, sluggishly and haplessly
3. To fail by blundering; ruin one's best chances: I think I flubbed the dub again, bidding so late (esp WWII armed forces)