- flub something up
- v. mess up; make mistakes; do something incorrectly
English slang. 2015.
flub something up
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flub something up — tv. to do something incorrectly; to mess up a procedure. □ Now don’t flub this up. CD I never flub up anything … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
flub — [ flʌb ] verb intransitive or transitive AMERICAN INFORMAL to make a mistake or do something badly: I m afraid I might flub my lines. ╾ flub noun count … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
flub — [flʌb] v past tense and past participle flubbed present participle flubbing [T] AmE informal to make a mistake or do something badly = ↑fluff, ↑mess something<=>up ▪ Several of the actors flubbed their lines … Dictionary of contemporary English
flub N. Amer. — flub N. Amer. informal verb (flubs, flubbing, flubbed) botch or bungle. noun something done badly or clumsily; a blunder. Origin 1920s: of unknown origin … English new terms dictionary
flub — UK [flʌb] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms flub : present tense I/you/we/they flub he/she/it flubs present participle flubbing past tense flubbed past participle flubbed American informal to make a mistake or do something badly… … English dictionary
flub — /flʌb/ (say flub) verb (t) (flubbed, flubbing) 1. to bungle; make a mess of. –noun 2. something badly performed. {20th century; origin unknown} …
flub — verb (I, T) AmE to make a stupid mistake, or fail to do something by making a mistake: He flubbed his first try at the SAT … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
flub — v. & n. US colloq. v.tr. & intr. (flubbed, flubbing) botch; bungle. n. something badly or clumsily done. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn … Useful english dictionary
bitch something up — (informal) MAKE A MESS OF, mess up, spoil, ruin, wreck; bungle; informal botch, muck up, make a hash of, screw up, louse up, muff; Brit. informal make a pig s ear of, cock up; N. Amer. informal f … Useful english dictionary
screw up — verb 1. make more intense (Freq. 1) Emotions were screwed up • Syn: ↑heat up, ↑hot up • Hypernyms: ↑intensify, ↑compound, ↑heighten, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
