"piss up" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: piss ups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} piss up (plural piss ups)
  1. Alternative spelling of piss-up Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: piss-up
    Sense id: en-piss_up-en-noun-odEy9FR5

Verb

Forms: pisses up [present, singular, third-person], pissing up [participle, present], pissed up [participle, past], pissed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} piss up (third-person singular simple present pisses up, present participle pissing up, simple past and past participle pissed up)
  1. (informal, vulgar, transitive) to screw up, make a mess of Tags: informal, transitive, vulgar Related terms: piss up a rope, piss up the wall, piss it up the wall
    Sense id: en-piss_up-en-verb-9j6LzRJU
  2. (informal, vulgar, intransitive) to blunder, to make a mistake Tags: informal, intransitive, vulgar
    Sense id: en-piss_up-en-verb-C6ZumiHm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 6 85 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 13 23 64

Inflected forms

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