bugger (up)

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Verb
  • After wide receiver Courtland Sutton fumbled at the goal line, the Panthers marched down the field on a 10-play, 98-yard scoring drive, which ended with Young finding Coker for a 15-yard touchdown pass.
    Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Even in that moment, he got stuck on a couple of words and fumbled the line.
    ABC NEWS, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Without breaking stride, Hunter blew past four more Utah defenders and hopped into the end zone, a broken play transformed into a work of art.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Oldenburg’s ode to Mies van der Rohe’s signature pocket square, the 12-foot fiberglass Handkerchief, will blow toward Park Avenue, and inside, a giant cloth saw will hug the walls and floor.
    Morgan Meier, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • For just one of 67 counties to use the wrong one could foul up an entire statewide count.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
  • See the stunning shot... AIRLINE 'CHAOS' – A flight was canceled after someone fouled up the aircraft amid delays.
    Fox News Staff, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2023
Verb
  • Myers nails the realistic teen who is a far cry from the unflappable Nancy Drew, screwing up plenty and often terrified of what she’s gotten herself into.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • My first assumption on the hunt with Walz was that somebody had screwed up, failing to place the birds in the pre-planned locations.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Lobby group Family Business UK said tens of thousands of family-run businesses and farms will be ruined by this change due to lower levels of inheritance tax relief.
    Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The ground floors of thousands of homes have been ruined.
    Hernán Muñoz and Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Bugger (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bugger%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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