(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily. (INFORMAL)
It is a silly idea and he has ~ed it.
...a ~ed job.
= bungle
VERB: V n, V-ed
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Botch up means the same as ~ .
I hate having builders ~ up repairs on my house...
Hemingway complained that Nichols had ‘~ed everything up’.
= mess up
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P
2.
If you make a ~ of something that you are doing, you ~ it. (INFORMAL)
I rather made a ~ of that whole thing.
= mess
N-COUNT: usu sing