cock up

• Verbo frasal que significa estropear o arruinar algo por incompetencia o negligencia; fastidiar o echar a perder una tarea.

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

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. To make a mistake or mess upinformalbritish

   To do something incorrectly or to cause a failure, often in a clumsy or careless way.

   fastidiar, meter la pata

   • He really cocked up the presentation by forgetting the main points.
   • They cocked up the order and sent the wrong items.
   • I cocked up the recipe by adding too much salt.

   Sinónimosblunderbotchbungleflubfoul upmess upmishandlemuck upruinscrew upspoil

   Antónimoscorrectfixrepairsucceed