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muck 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.


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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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Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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