(British, idiomatic, transitive) To do badly; to make a mess of.
(British, idiomatic, transitive) To do badly; to make a mess of.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(British, idiom) To make the best of a situation.
(slang, UK, Australian, intransitive) To make a big mistake.
British slang meaning to mess something up, bungle it, or ruin it through incompetence or carelessness. Used as a transitive verb: you can "arse up" a plan, a project, a relationship, or just about anything that can go wrong. The phrase is mildly vulgar by British standards but is common in everyday informal British speech. Similar in meaning to "cock up" or "balls up." Delivers a tone of genuine frustration or exasperation.
(British, Ireland, Australia, NZ, informal) To break or spoil something, or make it inoperative, useless etc.
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