fuck up

fuck up
verb
make a mess of, destroy or ruin (Freq. 2)
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I botched the dinner and we had to eat out

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the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

Syn:
botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑botch up, ↑muff, ↑blow, ↑flub, ↑screw up, ↑ball up, ↑spoil, ↑muck up, ↑bungle, ↑fluff, ↑bollix, ↑bollix up, ↑bollocks, ↑bollocks up, ↑bobble, ↑mishandle, ↑louse up, ↑foul up, ↑mess up
Derivationally related forms:
fuckup, ↑mess-up (for: ↑mess up), ↑foul-up (for: ↑foul up), ↑fluff (for: ↑fluff), ↑bungle (for: ↑bungle), ↑bungler (for: ↑bungle), ↑spoil (for: ↑spoil), ↑spoilage (for: ↑spoil), ↑spoiling (for: ↑spoil), ↑ballup (for: ↑ball up), ↑screwup (for: ↑screw up), ↑flub (for: ↑flub), ↑fumbler (for: ↑fumble), ↑bumbler (for: ↑bumble), ↑botcher (for: ↑botch), ↑botch (for: ↑botch)
Hypernyms: ↑fail, ↑go wrong, ↑miscarry
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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fuck up [phrasal verb]
offensive
1 : to act stupidly : to make mistakes

You really fucked up this time, getting to work so late.

2 fuck up (something) or fuck (something) up : to ruin (something) by being stupid or careless

You really fucked up our schedule!

3 fuck up (someone) or fuck (someone) up : to cause (someone) to become confused, crazy, etc.

The war really fucked him up.

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Main Entry:fuck

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ˌfuck ˈup derived
to do sth badly or make a bad mistake

You've really fucked up this time!

 A more polite way to express this is mess up.
Main entry:fuckderived

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