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frig up

frig up verb: to mess up or ruin; to fuck up.

Verb

frig up (third-person singular simple present frigs up, present participle frigging up, simple past and past participle frigged up)

  1. (dated, euphemistic, mildly, slang, vulgar) To mess up or ruin; to fuck up.
    • Don't bother coming over, I already frigged everything up!
    • It all grew out of my hatred of the advertising department always frigging up the news layout with bra advertisements.1960, Sutton Woodfield, A for Artemis: A Burlesque of Big-city Intrigue

Forms of frig up

third-person singular presentfrigs up
present participlefrigging up
past participlefrigged up
pastfrigged up

Questions about frig up

What does frig up mean?
Frig up means to mess up or ruin; to fuck up.
What part of speech is frig up?
Frig up is a verb.
What is the past tense of frig up?
The past tense of frig up is frigged up.

Words near frig up in the dictionary

  1. friezy
  2. frig
  3. frig around
  4. frig it
  5. frig off
  6. frig up
  7. frig-up
  8. frig-ups
  9. frigate
  10. frigate bird
  11. frigate birds

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