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bodge

British  
/ bɒdʒ /

verb

  1. informal to make a mess of; botch

  2. informal to make or adjust in a false or clumsy way

    I bodged the figures
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Etymology

Origin of bodge

C16: changed from botch

Example Sentences

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Contestants try to replicate cake recipes they have found on the internet and almost always bodge them beyond all recognition.

From The Guardian • Aug. 29, 2018

Remember what a furious bodge that turned out to be?

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2010

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