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muck up

[muhk-uhp] / ˈmʌkˌʌp /














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They don’t want me to go back and muck up their experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

No. 5 Duke Saturday Pick: The Volunteers’ defense will muck up Duke’s flow and frustrate the Blue Devils’ freshman ensemble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023

“I remember thinking, well, if I don’t want to spend the rest of my life doing this, meaning watching someone else muck up what I did, there’s only one way around that,” he said.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

Like dandelions, the Jorō spider appears to fall under the category of "nice" invasive species, that do not seem to muck up the existing ecosystem too much.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2022

Too damn much rain would muck up the roads.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara


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