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gone balls up

gone balls up is the past participle of go balls up.

Meaning of go balls up

Verb

go balls up (third-person singular simple present goes balls up, present participle going balls up, simple past went balls up, past participle gone balls up)

  1. (intransitive, vulgar) to fail
    • The Mayor was desperate to find some kind of happy face to put on the situation should it go balls up.2004, Mike Mignola, Hellboy: Odd Jobs

Questions about gone balls up

What is gone balls up the past participle of?
Gone balls up is the past participle of go balls up.

Words near gone balls up in the dictionary

  1. gone back to the drawing board
  2. gone back to the tools
  3. gone backwards
  4. gone bad
  5. gone ballistic
  6. gone balls up
  7. gone bananas
  8. gone bankrupt
  9. gone batshit
  10. gone begging
  11. gone belly-up

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