stuff up
English
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Verb
[edit]stuff up (third-person singular simple present stuffs up, present participle stuffing up, simple past and past participle stuffed up)
- (slang, transitive) To ruin or harm.
- Don't drink tonight, because it'll stuff you up before your business trip.
- (slang, UK, Australia, intransitive) To make a big mistake.
- We lost the match because of the goalkeeper stuffing up.
- (transitive) To cause (the nasal passages) to be blocked.
- My nose is all stuffed up so I'm speaking funny.