English > mess-up: 1 sense > noun 1, actMeaning | Something badly botched or muddled. |
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Synonyms | ballup, balls-up, cockup |
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Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
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Broader | mistake, error, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
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Spanish | cacao, chapucería, chapuza, follón, lío |
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Catalan | embolic, enrenou, garbuix, merder, nyap |
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Verbs | mess up | make a mess of, destroy or ruin |
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