crap up

Idioms  

1. Burden or clutter up, as in Jane crapped up the garden with plastic pink flamingos . [c. 1946]

2. 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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Example Sentences

Not that it's a hard task to keep making crap up.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023

These conspiracy theories are more elaborate than the family trees of "Game of Thrones," full of contradictions and red herrings, and impossible for even the people who are making this crap up to follow along.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2022

“We’re picking up all these sticks and crap up there, and she could all be bloody back there in a week,” Mr. Kluck said.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2011

I expect the Post to lap that crap up, but not the Times.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2010

Bob �Hurricane� Hannah is still stirring crap up after all these years and he would not have it any other way.

From Time Magazine Archive