| VERB | social | bollix, botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up | make a mess of, destroy or ruin |
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| Meaning | make a mess of, destroy or ruin. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up | |
| Broader | fail, go wrong, miscarry | Be unsuccessful |
| Catalan | arruïnar, fotre | |
| Spanish | arruinar | |