"make a hash of" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes a hash of [present, singular, third-person], making a hash of [participle, present], made a hash of [participle, past], made a hash of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> a hash of}} make a hash of (third-person singular simple present makes a hash of, present participle making a hash of, simple past and past participle made a hash of)
  1. to do badly, particularly to make a mess while doing. Synonyms: mess up, muck up, stuff up, make a mess of, make a Horlicks of, screw up [vulgar], cock up, fuck up, balls up, bugger up
    Sense id: en-make_a_hash_of-en-verb-nNITHCeW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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