Meaning of cock up | Babel Free
Definitions
To ruin (something) unintentionally; to fuck up, mess up, or screw up.
Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, ambitransitive, mildly, slang, vulgar
Equivalents
Examples
“It was cocking her up with gimcrack notions about ladies till she'd be ashamed to look⟳ at her own⟳ hands after she had done a day's work⟳ with them.”
“I'd take⟳ the stick⟳ to his back and beat⟳ him while I could stand⟳ over him—as I done many a time before. The mother, you know⟳, she cocks him up with this and that. . . .”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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