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goof-up
[ goof-uhp ]
noun
- a person who habitually makes mistakes, spoils things, gets into trouble, etc., especially through carelessness or irresponsibility.
- a mistake, blunder, malfunction, or the like.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of goof-up1
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Idioms and Phrases
Blunder, make a mistake, spoil. For example, I really goofed up and got all the dates wrong . This expression emerged in the military during World War II, along with the synonymous goof off . Quite often up is omitted, as in Sorry, I goofed . [ Slang ; c. 1940]Discover More
Example Sentences
We know we're gonna get 'em eventually, because we know they're gonna goof up eventually, and then we'll have 'em.
What kind of psionic force would it take to make so many people in the United States goof up the way they were doing?
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