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goofs (up)

verb , present tense third-person singular of goof (up)

Synonyms and Antonyms of goofs (up)

1 to make a mistake

we must have goofed up somewhere, because this cake clearly didn't turn out right

Synonyms of goofs (up)

blunders, boobs [British], errs, flubs, fluffs, fouls up, fumbles, louses up, messes (up), screws up, slips up, stumbles, trips

Words Related to goofs (up)

bobbles, botches, bungles, butchers, foozles, mangles, mishandles, muffs, murders

miscalculates, misconceives, miscounts, miscues, misdeems, misgauges, misjudges, mistakes

misconstrues, misinterprets, misunderstands

Phrases Synonymous with goofs (up)

drops the ball, lays an egg

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

he goofed up his first sale at the dealership

Synonyms of goofs (up)

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

Words Related to goofs (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 of goofs (up)

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

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

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