"booger up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: boogers up [present, singular, third-person], boogering up [participle, present], boogered up [participle, past], boogered up [past]
Etymology: Probably a variant of bugger up influenced by booger. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bugger up}} bugger up, {{m|en|booger}} booger Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} booger up (third-person singular simple present boogers up, present participle boogering up, simple past and past participle boogered up)
  1. (Southern US, colloquial) To mess up, to foul up. Tags: Southern-US, colloquial Synonyms: bugger up [Australia, British, New-Zealand]

Inflected forms

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