verb
- To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess: ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff, spoil. Informal bollix up, muck up. Slang blow1, goof up, screw up, snafu. Idioms: make a muck of. See correct/incorrect, help/harm/harmless.




