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ballsed up

ballsed up is the simple past and past participle of balls up.

Meaning of balls up

Verb

balls up (third-person singular simple present ballses up, present participle ballsing up, simple past and past participle ballsed up)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, intransitive, vulgar) To make a mess of a situation.
    • He was putting everything he had into it, but he kept ballsing up.2009, Jan Kjaerstad, The Discoverer, →ISBN
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, transitive, vulgar) To do something badly. To ruin a job.
    • He really ballsed up that paint work. It'll have to be redone!

Questions about ballsed up

What is ballsed up the simple past and past participle of?
Ballsed up is the simple past and past participle of balls up.

Words near ballsed up in the dictionary

  1. Ballsbridge
  2. ballsed
  3. ballsed about
  4. ballsed around
  5. ballsed on
  6. ballsed up
  7. ballses
  8. ballses about
  9. ballses around
  10. ballses on
  11. ballses up

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