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Definition of Botch up
1. Verb. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. "The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
Generic synonyms: Fail, Go Wrong, Miscarry
Derivative terms: Ballup, Botch, Botcher, Bumbler, Bungle, Bungler, Flub, Fluff, Foul-up, Fuckup, Fumbler, Mess-up, Screwup, Spoil, Spoilage, Spoiling
Definition of Botch up
1. Verb. (transitive) To ruin, mess up. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Botch Up
Literary usage of Botch up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern English Verb-adverb Combination by Arthur Garfield Kennedy (1920)
"The most common combinations are : ball up 'to confuse,' bang up 'to batter up,'
batter up, beat up, black up, blister up, botch up, brighten up, bruise up, ..."
2. The Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and by Humphrey Prideaux (1836)
"But still the letter Teth will be wanting; and, therefore, farther to botch up
the matter, they have added also these words, ..."
3. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"... and preaching from little and With butchers and bakers to botch up the state !
There is hoaxing and coaxing ..."
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