bodge
/ (bɒdʒ) /
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verb
informal to make a mess of; botch
Australian informal to make or adjust in a false or clumsy wayI bodged the figures
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Word Origin for bodge
C16: changed from botch
Words nearby bodge
bodega, bodement, Bodenheim, Bodensee, Bode's law, bodge, bodger, bodgie, Bodgo Gegen, Bodh Gaya, bodhi
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