"eff up" meaning in English

See eff up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: effs up [present, singular, third-person], effing up [participle, present], effed up [participle, past], effed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} eff up (third-person singular simple present effs up, present participle effing up, simple past and past participle effed up)
  1. Euphemistic form of fuck up. Tags: euphemistic, form-of Form of: fuck up

Inflected forms

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