"shit up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shits up [present, singular, third-person], shitting up [participle, present], shit up [participle, past], shit up [past], shitted up [participle, past], shitted up [past], shat up [participle, past], shat up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shit<,,shit:shitted:shat> up}} shit up (third-person singular simple present shits up, present participle shitting up, simple past and past participle shit up or shitted up or shat up)
  1. (vulgar, slang, transitive) To mess up; to ruin. Tags: slang, transitive, vulgar Coordinate_terms: shittify
    Sense id: en-shit_up-en-verb-49ExprZ0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
  2. (vulgar, slang, transitive) To cover or smear with excrement. Tags: slang, transitive, vulgar
    Sense id: en-shit_up-en-verb-XdDpZ9MM

Inflected forms

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        "(vulgar, slang, transitive) To mess up; to ruin."
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          "ref": "2013, Kenny Attaway, Juici Couture & the Suga-Hill Gang, page 45:",
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