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muck up

verb

Definition of muck up 

transitive verb

: to make a mess of : bungle, spoil

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blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, botch, bumble, bungle, butcher, dub, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muff, murder, screw up

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Examples of muck up in a Sentence

I swear, she mucks up everything she tries.

First Known Use of muck up

1896, in the meaning defined above

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Dictionary Entries near muck up

muck soil

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mucky

mucocutaneous

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The first known use of muck up was in 1896

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