"botch up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: botches up [present, singular, third-person], botching up [participle, present], botched up [participle, past], botched up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} botch up (third-person singular simple present botches up, present participle botching up, simple past and past participle botched up)
  1. (informal, transitive) To ruin, mess up. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (ruin, mess up): toheloida (Finnish), tunaroida (Finnish), sössiä (Finnish), bousiller (French), gâter (French), verpfuschen (German), verderben (German), по́ртить (pórtitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), испо́ртить (ispórtitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), попо́ртить (popórtitʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-botch_up-en-verb-MASScHUT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

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