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Noun
S:
(n)
muff
(a warm tubular covering for the hands)
S:
(n)
fumble
,
muff
((sports) dropping the ball)
Verb
S:
(v)
muff
(fail to catch, as of a ball)
S:
(v)
botch
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bodge
,
bumble
,
fumble
,
botch up
,
muff
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blow
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flub
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screw up
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ball up
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spoil
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muck up
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bungle
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fluff
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bollix
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bollix up
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bollocks
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bollocks up
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bobble
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mishandle
,
louse up
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foul up
,
mess up
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fuck 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"