goof something up
goof up
1. To bungle something or make a mistake. Boy, I really goofed up that math problem. How did I get a negative number as my answer?
2. To cause someone to bungle something or make a mistake. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "goof" and "up." There was a mistake in her notes that really goofed me up and caused me to get a negative number as my answer.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
goof something up
tv. to mess something up. I hope I don’t goof up the report again.
See also: goof, something, up
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- goof up
- goofed up
- goofed
- goof
- bungle up
- louse (something) up, to
- louse something up
- louse up
- futz something up
- futz up