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bollix up

/ˈbɑː.lɪks ʌp/

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verb

/ˈbɑː.lɪks ʌp/C2formalamerican
  • ruФразовый глагол, означающий испортить, разрушить или создать беспорядок в чем-либо из-за некомпетентности или небрежности.

A phrasal verb meaning to spoil, ruin, or make a mess of something through incompetence or carelessness.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

  1. To ruin or spoilinformalamerican

    To cause something to fail or become disordered; to mess up.

    ruИспортить

    • He bollixed up the entire project by missing the deadline.
    • She bollixed up the recipe by adding too much salt.
    • The new intern bollixed up the filing system.

    Synonymsblowbotchbunglebutcherflubfoul uplouse upmanglemess upmuck upscrew upsnafu

    Antonymsarrangefixmendorganizerepairsucceed

Forms
  • bollixed up past participle
  • bollixed up past simple
  • bollixing up present participle
  • bollixes up third person singular

Base verbbollix

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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