"dick up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dicks up [present, singular, third-person], dicking up [participle, present], dicked up [participle, past], dicked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|dick<,,dicked,dicked> up}} dick up (third-person singular simple present dicks up, present participle dicking up, simple past and past participle dicked up)
  1. (vulgar, slang, transitive) To ruin; to spoil Tags: slang, transitive, vulgar Synonyms: cock up, fuck up
    Sense id: en-dick_up-en-verb-Vuu-0hvB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

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