bungle up

bungle up

To jumble up or ruin something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "bungle" and "up." Boy, you really bungled up this report—I'm not sure I can even fix it.See also: up

bungle something up

to botch something; to mess something up. Please don't bungle this job up. Tom was careless and he bungled up the job.See also: up