I should never have trusted Jim with the repair work. He was bound to muck it up.
•I asked her to take over for me while I was gone, and she really mucked it up.
•She mucked up the whole deal.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
muck something up — muck (something) up to make a situation more confusing or difficult. Our leaders have demonstrated their great talent for mucking things up. Don t muck up our lives just because he was misbehaving. Related vocabulary: muddy the waters … New idioms dictionary
muck something up — tv. to mess something up; to ruin something. □ Try not to muck it up this time. CD You seem to have mucked up this one, too … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
muck something up — informal spoil something. → muck … English new terms dictionary
muck something up — (informal) MAKE A MESS OF, mess up, bungle, spoil, ruin, wreck; informal botch, make a hash of, muff, fluff, foul up, louse up; Brit. informal make a pig s ear of, make a Horlicks of; N. Amer. informal goof up. → … Useful english dictionary
muck (something) up — Verb. To ruin something, to mess up. E.g. You really mucked that up didn t you? … English slang and colloquialisms
muck (something) up — Verb. To ruin something, to mess up. E.g. You really mucked that up didn t you? … English slang and colloquialisms
muck something out — ˌmuck ˈout | ˌmuck sthˈout derived to clean out the place where an animal lives • Part of her job was to muck out the stables. Main entry: ↑muckderived … Useful english dictionary
muck something out — chiefly Brit. remove manure and other dirt from a stable etc. → muck … English new terms dictionary
muck out — ˌmuck ˈout [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they muck out he/she/it mucks out present participle mucking out past tense … Useful english dictionary
muck up — muck (something) up to make a situation more confusing or difficult. Our leaders have demonstrated their great talent for mucking things up. Don t muck up our lives just because he was misbehaving. Related vocabulary: muddy the waters … New idioms dictionary
muck up — verb 1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (Freq. 1) I botched the dinner and we had to eat out the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement • Syn: ↑botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
