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Verb Concept

botch bodge bumble fumble botch up

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin WordNet 3.0

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Make a mess of, destroy or ruin WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

To fail (a task); to make a mess of. Wiktionary

To fail (a task). Wiktionary (translation)

To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something. Wiktionary

To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner. Wiktionary (translation)

To ruin, mess up. Wiktionary

Ruin, mess up. Wiktionary (translation)

To botch; to make a mess of. Wiktionary

To botch or make a mess of. Wiktionary

To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. Wiktionary

To make a mess of. Wiktionary (translation)

To make a mess of; to ruin. Wiktionary

Colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin. Wiktionary (translation)

To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. Wiktionary

To coddle or pamper. Wiktionary (translation)

The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

I botched the dinner and we had to eat out WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The afternoon breeze messed up my hair. Wiktionary

I fouled up question 3 of the exam. Wiktionary

I fucked up question 3 of the exam. Wiktionary

I bollocksed that exam. Wiktionary

A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out. Wiktionary

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up

Wiktionary

bollocks, botch, botch up, foul up, fuck up, mess up, screw up, spoil

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