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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 bollix In A Sentence
- Don't you just feel for people who get their personal pronouns all bollixed up? Rick Horowitz: Trump Says "Jump!" (They Say "How High?")
- Object to the government (e.g., think the government bollixed Waco?); right winger? The Volokh Conspiracy » Waco
- The emergency room found nothing and her insurance's bollixed so she can't/hasn't seen a doctor. Mrissa: Books read, early March
- And we are going to be bollixed up in a way that is terribly unfortunate, because we need to go ahead and adjudicate these cases. McCain Slams The Supreme Court’s Habeas Decision - Swampland - TIME.com
- D.C. Council member Jim Graham D-Ward 1, who represents the area, said he was "bollixed" by the decisions authorities made in filing charges. Charges dropped in DC9 nightclub death
- No wonder we can't think rationally about a simple health care plan, when we're all so bollixed up with panic about ever being truly sick and helplness ourselves. Archive 2009-11-01
- For the most part the adults of the world have bollixed things up. Patt Cottingham: Goodbye/Hello 22: 'We Need to Shift into a Wise and Collective Heart'
- Ross Douthat chortles now that that Democrats are in power, they actually have to run things instead of having to bollix things up for the Republicans. Ruling vs. Governing
- This morning I have just a bit of a hangover having gone out drinking with Jimmy the Bollix last night.
- Progressives have bollixed up mightily and must now atone. Oh, My Bad, I Misunderstood What I Thought I Heard, but I Guess I Didn't Hear What I Thought was Said.
