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Definition of fuck up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fuck up

phrasal verb
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fuck up
  1. (taboo, slang) to do something badly or make a bad mistake
    • You've really fucked up this time!
    A more polite way to express this is mess up.
fuck somebody up
  1. (taboo, slang) to upset or confuse somebody so much that they are not able to deal with problems in their life
    • My parents' divorce really fucked me up.
    A more polite way to express this is mess somebody up.
fuck something up
  1. (taboo, slang) to do something badly or cause something to fail
    • I completely fucked up my exams.
    A more polite, informal way of saying this is mess something up.

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