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bollixes (up)

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present tense third-person singular of bollix (up)

Synonyms & Antonyms of bollixes (up)

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

you've bollixed up the whole thing

Synonyms for bollixes (up)

blows,
bobbles,
boggles,
boots,
botches,
buggers (up),
bumbles,
bungles,
butchers,
dubs,
flubs,
fluffs,
foozles,
fouls up,
fumbles,
goofs (up),
louses up,
mangles,
messes (up),
mucks up,
muffs,
murders,
screws up

Words Related to bollixes (up)

blunders,
gums (up),
muddles,
piffles

blemishes,
blights,
damages,
flaws,
harms,
hurts,
impairs,
injures,
mars,
mutilates,
ruins,
spoils,
vitiates

destroys,
wrecks

mishandles,
mismanages

Near Antonyms for bollixes (up)

ameliorates,
betters,
enhances,
helps,
improves,
meliorates,
rectifies,
refines,
reforms,
remedies

doctors,
fixes,
patches,
reconditions,
renovates,
repairs,
revamps

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“Bollixes (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bollixes%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 May. 2022.

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