Bungle, damage, make a mess of, as in Don't let him write the review; he's sure to muck it up. This idiom alludes to the verb muck in the sense of "spread manure on." [Early 1900s] For a synonym, see
foul up.
| Idioms: muck up |
Bungle, damage, make a mess of, as in Don't let him write the review; he's sure to muck it up. This idiom alludes to the verb muck in the sense of "spread manure on." [Early 1900s] For a synonym, see
foul up.
| WordNet: muck up |
The verb has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Synonyms: botch, 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
Meaning #2:
soil with mud, muck, or mire
Synonyms: mire, muck, mud
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