| VERB | social | muck up, botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, bungle, fluff, bollix, 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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| contact | muck up, mire, muck, mud | soil with mud, muck, or mire |
| 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, bungle, fluff, bollix, 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 | |
| Meaning | Soil with mud, muck, or mire. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | mire, muck, mud | |
| Broader | dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire | make soiled, filthy, or dirty |