balls up

balls up (vulgar sl)

1. To make a muddle or mess of

2. To throw into confusion (ballsˈ-up noun; ballsedˈ-up adjective)

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Main Entry: ↑ball

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ˌballs ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they balls up he/she/it ballses up present participle ballsing up past tense ballsed up past participle ballsed up] british impolite phrasal verb

to do something very badly and make a lot of mistakes

Thesaurus: to make a mistake, or to do something badly_synonym

Main entry: balls

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balls up [phrasal verb]

balls (something) up or balls up (something) Brit slang, sometimes offensive : to make mistakes in doing or making something

He ballsed up [=fouled up, messed up] everything and never got anything right.

— see also ↑balls-up

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Main Entry: ↑balls