arse up

verb

To mess up; to botch.

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Meanings

verbarse up (third-person singular simple present arses up, present participle arsing up, simple past and past participle arsed up)

present singular third person arses up · participle present arsing up · participle past arsed up · past arsed up

  1. IrelandUKslangtransitiveTo mess up; to botch.

    Take aim. Throw. If he arsed it up and made the creature angry – ha, well. He didn't look scared though.

    2011, Carol Birch, Jamrach's Menagerie, page 110
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Chicago

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