MUCK (SOMETHING) UP


Meaning of MUCK (SOMETHING) UP in English

muck something ↔ up phrasal verb informal ( see also ↑ muck )

1 . British English to do something badly, so that you fail to achieve something SYN mess up :

I really mucked up my driving test first time.

2 . to spoil something, especially an arrangement or plan SYN mess up :

The bad weather mucked up our plans for a picnic.

3 . British English to make something dirty SYN mess up :

Who’s mucked up the carpet in here?

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.