bollix up
Example Sentences
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The tendency to inject melodrama and sensationalism, to shy away from tough-mindedness and harshness, and to bollix up story lines, is a familiar one in open-ended adaptations of self-contained, literary novels; it almost seems unavoidable.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022
If you make mistakes, you can bollix up other programs.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2013
Adding the worker aid to the bill “has done nothing but bollix up the process,” Hatch said earlier.
From BusinessWeek • Jun. 30, 2011
A few disciplined individuals can completely bollix up the Senate.
From Slate • Apr. 14, 2011
The same men who two years earlier launched the quixotic, inept Bay of Pigs operation, and some of whom, it has been alleged, went on to bollix up the Watergate break-in.
From Time Magazine Archive
