ball up

• Verbo frasal que significa dar a algo a forma de uma bola ou enrolar; também significa deixar algo confuso, emaranhado ou atrapalhado, ou confundir alguém.

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

incontável · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Form into a ballinformal

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

   Fazer uma bola

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbunchcrumpleroll upround

2. Confuse or mess upslangamerican

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

   Confundir ou bagunçar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbotchbungleconfuseflubfoul upfumblemess upmuck upmuddlescrew up

   Antônimosclarifysimplify

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