"stuff up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-stuff up.ogg [Australia] Forms: stuffs up [present, singular, third-person], stuffing up [participle, present], stuffed up [participle, past], stuffed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stuff up (third-person singular simple present stuffs up, present participle stuffing up, simple past and past participle stuffed up)
  1. (slang, transitive) To ruin or harm. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-stuff_up-en-verb-ckHjTRNK
  2. (slang, UK, Australia, intransitive) To make a big mistake. Tags: Australia, UK, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-stuff_up-en-verb-WMLxEvzN Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 76 17 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 13 61 25
  3. (transitive) To cause (the nasal passages) to be blocked. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-stuff_up-en-verb-3M9z5lV4

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for stuff up meaning in English (2.4kB)

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