crap up
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Burden or clutter up, as in Jane crapped up the garden with plastic pink flamingos. [c. 1946]
Ruin or foul up, as in I've really crapped up this speech; can I just start over again? This idiom employs crap in the sense of “defecate.” [Vulgar slang; c. 1950]
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Words nearby crap up
craps, crapshoot, crapshooter, crapulent, crapulous, crap up, craquelure, crash, crash and burn, Crashaw, crash barrier
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