cocksomethingup
phrasal verbwithcockverbuk/kɒk/us/kɑːk/
UKslangto do somethingwrongorbadly:
Davidcockedup thearrangementsand weendedupmissingthereception.
"How did theexamgo?" "Terrible - Ipanickedand reallycockedit up."
Failing and doing badly
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be on your beam endsidiom
- blow
- bomb
- collapse
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- flub
- founder
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- screw
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom