booger up

verb

To mess up, to foul up.

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Meanings

verbbooger up (third-person singular simple present boogers up, present participle boogering up, simple past and past participle boogered up)

present singular third person boogers up · participle present boogering up · participle past boogered up · past boogered up

  1. Southern UScolloquialTo mess up, to foul up.

    Synonyms: bugger up

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo mess up, to foul up.

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Origin

Probably a variant of bugger up influenced by booger.

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