ball up meaning and definition

BALL UP verb

Definition of ball up (verb)

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
   • "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
   • synonyms: blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil