bollix up

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Verb1.bollix up - make a mess of, destroy or ruinbollix up - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
bobble, bodge, bollix, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, ball up, spoil, muff, screw up, fumble, blow
go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
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bollix up

verb
Informal. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess:
ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff, spoil.
Informal: muck up.
Slang: blow, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu.
Idiom: make a muck of.
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Translations

w>bollix up

vt (sl) to bollix something up → etw verpfuschen or versauen (inf)
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Too many Bruce Webers had starting coming out of the woodwork to bollix up his life--as well as the deliveries from hundreds of post offices.
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