bugger up

present singular third person buggers up · participle present buggering up · participle past buggered up · past buggered up

1. AustraliaIrelandNew ZealandUKinformalTo break or spoil something, or make it inoperative, useless etc.

   I've buggered up the sudoku somehow and can't finish it.

   1 more example

   Well, he only buggers up one sentence, and that's the first one. He says, 'Shut up, blek.' But from that point on, it was OK because I helped him with it. If I'd been there, I would have told him to say, 'Shut up, black', exactly the same as an American accent.

   2016 March 15, David Dale, “John Jarratt talks new show Territory Cops and a murderous return in Wolf Creek”, in The Sydney Morning Herald

   Synonyms: booger up

2. AustraliaIrelandNew ZealandUKinformalTo injure or harm (someone).