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bollocks up

/ˈbɒl.əks ʌp/

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verb

/ˈbɒl.əks ʌp/C2formalbritish
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по порче чего-либо, его разрушению или срыву, часто из-за некомпетентности или небрежности.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making a mess of something, spoiling it, or causing it to fail, often through incompetence or carelessness.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

  1. To ruin or spoil somethinginformalbritish

    To make a serious mistake that ruins a plan or situation.

    ruИспортить

    • He completely bollocksed up the presentation by forgetting the main points.
    • They bollocksed up the entire project with their carelessness.
    • Don't let him handle the accounts; he'll bollocks it up.

    Synonymsbotchbunglecock upfoul upmess upmuck upscrew up

    Antonymsfixmendrectifyrepair

Forms
  • bollocksed up past participle
  • bollocksed up past simple
  • bollocksing up present participle
  • bollockses up third person singular

Base verbbollocks

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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