make a muck of

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VERB

ball up

Synonyms

WEAK

blunder boggle botch up bungle flub foul up fumble mess up mishandle mismanage muddle muff

VERB

bollix up

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bolix bollix bollox botch

WEAK

blow blunder bolix up bollocks up bollox up bungle butcher flub foul up fumble mess up mishandle mismanage muddle muff

VERB

gum up

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bungle

WEAK

ball up blow blunder bobble boggle bollix boot bumble butcher distort err fall down flounder flub foul up fumble goof up louse up mar mend mess mess up misapply miscalculate miscompute misconjectu

VERB

louse up

Synonyms

WEAK

ball up blow blunder bobble boggle bollix boot bumble bungle butcher distort err fall down flounder flub foul up fumble goof up gum up mar mend mess mess up misapply miscalculate miscompute misconjecture misconstrue mishandle misjudge mismanage muck up muddle muff mutilate patch pull a boner ruin screw up spoil stumble wreck

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make a muck of

Oh, you may get someone to uncritically bite at the story, but you could make a muck of things as well.

From Inc ● Dec. 19, 2011

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