botch
verb (used with object)
to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed byup ).
were botching
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past progressiveof botch.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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At that point, I knew we were botching this response.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 4, 2020
They were botching shots and carelessly tossing the basketball around.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2016
He dumped the drinking cronies who were botching his re-election bid and turned to the tough, hard-nosed Chubais.
From Time Magazine Archive
