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ballses up

ballses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 ballses up

What is ballses up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ballses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of balls up.

Words near ballses up in the dictionary

  1. ballsed up
  2. ballses
  3. ballses about
  4. ballses around
  5. ballses on
  6. ballses up
  7. ballsier
  8. ballsiest
  9. ballsily
  10. ballsiness
  11. ballsing

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