COCK UP


Meaning of COCK UP in English

If you cock something up, you ruin it by doing something wrong. (BRIT INFORMAL, RUDE)

‘Seems like I’ve cocked it up,’ Egan said...

They’ve cocked up the address.

PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)

see also cock-up

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .