ball up

• Verbe à particule signifiant donner à quelque chose une forme de boule ou amener quelque chose dans un état emmêlé ou déroutant.

A phrasal verb meaning to form something into a ball shape, or to cause something to become tangled or confused.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Form into a ballinformal

   To shape something into a round, ball-like form.

   mettre en boule

   • She balled up the paper and threw it in the trash.
   • He balled up his socks and put them in the drawer.
   • The child balled up the clay in his hands.

   Synonymesbunchcrumpleroll upround

2. Confuse or mess upslangamerican

   To cause confusion or make a mistake, often resulting in a chaotic situation.

   Emberlificoter, embrouiller

   • I balled up the instructions and had to start over.
   • He balled up the entire project by missing the deadline.
   • Don't ball up the plans by changing them at the last minute.

   Synonymesbotchbungleconfuseflubfoul upfumblemess upmuck upmuddlescrew up

   Antonymesclarifysimplify

Verbe de baseball