Phrase guide
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verb
To ruin unintentionally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive, transitive
Synonyms: mess up, blow it, bobble, boob, crap up, drop a bollock, drop the ball, err, flub, flub up, foul up, fuck up, goof, goof up, make a mistake, misdo, misstep, put a foot wrong, screw up, slip up, stuff up, stumble, trip over the wire, trip up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To clown around; to have fun, often at the expense of others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, informal, intransitive
Synonyms: muck about, muck around, fuck about, fuck around
Antonyms: none provided
verb
soil with mud, muck, or mire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: mire, muck, mud
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
verb
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fail, go wrong, miscarry
History
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