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UK
/bˈɒdʒ/
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VERB
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make a mess of, destroy or ruin
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
How To Use bodge In A Sentence
- I had to bodge it here and there, for example where screw holes didn't align properly, but the point is this: it works and it sounds great.
- From the start, diplomats and officials at the UN recognised that this was a bodged compromise.
- Personally I trust myself above a whole army of 'professionals' who'll bodge a job, charge a fortune, then leave me to the consequences - and I speak from bitter experience. Projects You Shouldn’t Try To DIY | Lifehacker Australia
- After being patronised by the check-in assistant you find that your room, whilst ostensibly plush, contains at least one fitting that has been bodged at an angle that isn't quite straight.
- I miss my flat where they (said jobsworths) had bodged everything so my bills were 37p a quarter for leccy and about 7p for gas. Drowning In Lies
- I've been contacted by another victim who, having been sold a criminally bodged car, is now plotting his revenge.
- They contain another bodged compromise that will create further confusion and conflict.
- Greece, whose bodge-job finances triggered the crisis, might well be forced to negotiate an exit from the euro. The European Idea lies dead, killed by the credit crunch
- If you're interested in feedback, you could look at lower-overhead ways of letting people rate or share posts - addthis is easy to add to blogger (which reminds me I should sort out the bodge job I've done on this blog) as a prompt for people to share, save or discuss your posts. Soliciting conversation and listening actively while isolating discussion
- While discussing the origins of the word bodger the other night, the Poor Sod noticed that I was preparing the Brussels sprouts he'd claimed to like. Thestar.com - Home Page