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arse up

arse up verb: to mess up; to botch.

Verb

arse up (third-person singular simple present arses up, present participle arsing up, simple past and past participle arsed up)

  1. (Ireland, UK, slang, transitive) To mess up; to botch.
    • Take aim. Throw. If he arsed it up and made the creature angry – ha, well. He didn't look scared though.2011, Carol Birch, Jamrach's Menagerie, page 110

Forms of arse up

third-person singular presentarses up
present participlearsing up
past participlearsed up
pastarsed up

Questions about arse up

What does arse up mean?
Arse up means to mess up; to botch.
What part of speech is arse up?
Arse up is a verb.
What is the past tense of arse up?
The past tense of arse up is arsed up.

Words near arse up in the dictionary

  1. arse on
  2. arse over head
  3. arse over teakettle
  4. arse over tip
  5. arse over tit
  6. arse up
  7. arse-clown
  8. arse-clowns
  9. arse-crack
  10. arse-cracks
  11. Arse-end Charlie

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