"goof up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-goof up.ogg [Australia] Forms: goofs up [present, singular, third-person], goofing up [participle, present], goofed up [participle, past], goofed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} goof up (third-person singular simple present goofs up, present participle goofing up, simple past and past participle goofed up)
  1. (slang) To make a mistake. Tags: slang Synonyms: cock up [UK], foul up, fuck up [taboo], screw up, balls up [taboo], bollocks up [UK, taboo], bugger up cock up [UK, taboo], mess up Derived forms: goof-up Translations (to make a mistake): gaffer (French), gâcher (French), vermurksen (German), verpfuschen (German), tabba sig (Swedish), dabba sig (Swedish), klanta sig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-goof_up-en-verb-OIOYNop3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 79 21 Disambiguation of 'to make a mistake': 98 2
  2. (transitive, slang) To introduce problems to or damage through incompetence. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-goof_up-en-verb-0t9FvW7N

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