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- verb slang, chiefly UK, New Zealand To ruin (something) unintentionally; to
screw up ,mess up orfuck up .
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sionnach commented on the word cock up
screw up. The object of this verb is put between its two components (hence "to cock something up", not "to cock up something").
October 28, 2007