Meaning Of The Word Catch a crab

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catch a crab in British English
to bungle a stroke by failing to get the oar into the water at the beginning or by failing to withdraw it properly at the end
to fail to clear the water on the recovery stroke accidentally, thereby unbalancing the boat or impeding its movement
to make a faulty stroke in rowing, so that the oar strikes the water forcibly on the backstroke
to make a stroke in which the oar either misses the water or digs too deeply, causing the rower to fall backwards

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