cock up

• Verbe à particule signifiant gâcher ou ruiner quelque chose par incompétence ou négligence ; faire une erreur grossière, tout faire foirer.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. To make a mistake or mess upinformalbritish

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

   gâcher, rater

   • 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.

   Synonymesblunderbotchbungleflubfoul upmess upmishandlemuck upruinscrew upspoil

   Antonymescorrectfixrepairsucceed