cock up
US /kɑk ʌp/
・UK /kɒk ʌp/
B2
phr.v.To make a serious mistake or to mess something up badly.
He cocked up the project by missing all the deadlines.
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Day in the Life: ER Nurse
- "So so this is going to bend out like this right. We we have to cock up it a little bit."
"So so this is going to bend out like this right. We we have to cock up it a little bit."
Every mistake I've made since 2014.
- When that happens, please remember Hanlon's Razor, which says, in short, cock up before conspiracy.
When that happens, please remember Hanlon's Razor, which says, in short, cock up before conspiracy.
- When that happens, please remember Hanlon's razor, which says, in short: Cock up before conspiracy.
When that happens, please remember Hanlon's razor, which says, in short: Cock up before conspiracy.
IDIOM CHALLENGE: British vs. American Idioms
- The next one is a "Cock up."
The next one is a "Cock up."
- A cock up?
A cock up?
The Call of the Wild Audiobook by Jack London
- He would be lying in camp, dozing lazily in the heat of the day, when suddenly his head would lift and his ears cock up, intent and listening,
He would be lying in camp, dozing lazily in the heat of the day, when suddenly his head would lift and his ears cock up, intent and listening,
- would lift and his ears cock up, intent and listening, and he would spring to his feet
would lift and his ears cock up, intent and listening, and he would spring to his feet
How To Speak British Anglophenia Ep 7
- but then he lost the plot, he made a right royal cock-up,
but then he lost the plot, he made a right royal cock-up,
Take Your Birth Control
- It didn't take long before I was bombarding Dick with messages and imagining what his butt looked like underneath those baggy cock-up pants.
It didn't take long before I was bombarding Dick with messages and imagining what his butt looked like underneath those baggy cock-up pants.