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muck up

muc·kup

uncommon informal

verb

1.

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

  • “I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”
  • “the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement”
2.

soil with mud, muck, or mire

  • “The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden”

Origin

Deverbal from muck up.

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