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botchbotch1 /bɑtʃ/ verb [transitive] informal VERB TABLEbotch |
| Present | I, you, we, they | botch | | he, she, it | botches | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | botched | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have botched | | he, she, it | has botched | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had botched | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will botch | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have botched |
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| Present | I | am botching | | he, she, it | is botching | | you, we, they | are botching | | Past | I, he, she, it | was botching | | you, we, they | were botching | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been botching | | he, she, it | has been botching | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been botching | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be botching | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been botching |
(also botch up) to do something badly, because you have been careless or because you do not have the skill to do it well: The police are accused of botching the investigation.—botcher noun [countable] |