"arse up" meaning in All languages combined

See arse up on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: arses up [present, singular, third-person], arsing up [participle, present], arsed up [participle, past], arsed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} arse up (third-person singular simple present arses up, present participle arsing up, simple past and past participle arsed up)
  1. (UK, slang, transitive) To mess up; to botch. Tags: UK, slang, transitive

Inflected forms

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