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• muck-up
  muck-up

  noun

  a bungled or disordered situation; foul-up.
• muck up
  muck up

  verb

  (tr) to ruin or spoil; make a mess of

muck-up

American  

[muhk-uhp] / ˈmʌkˌʌp /

noun

Informal.

1. a bungled or disordered situation; foul-up.

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muck up British  

verb

1. (tr) to ruin or spoil; make a mess of

2. (intr) to misbehave

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muck up Idioms  

1. Bungle, damage, make a mess of, as in Don't let him write the review; he's sure to muck it up. This idiom alludes to the verb muck in the sense of “spread manure on.” [Early 1900s] For a synonym, see foul up.

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Etymology

Origin of muck-up

First recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase muck up

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