Meaning of balls up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ball up
   form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
2. To make a mess of a situation.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, intransitive, vulgar
3. To do something badly. To ruin a job.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, transitive, vulgar

Examples

“He was putting everything he had into it, but he kept ballsing up.”

“'We just have⟳ to get⟳ through without ballsing up”

“He really ballsed up that paint⟳ work⟳. It'll have⟳ to be redone!”

“It has got to the ludicrous stage⟳ that whenever Snedden makes a speech without actually ballsing something up irrevocably, they tell⟳ him he's the greatest thing since Winston Churchill;”

“Bearing in mind⟳ that if you're teasing but you have⟳ to explain⟳ it, then you're not teasing, you're just ballsing things up and being a fucking thug.”

“We’re humans, we’re fallible, there is no medal for being right all the time; admitting we ballsed it up is not a weakness, it’s a superpower.”

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