balled up
Wadded into spheres
Balled up means tangled, confused, or bungled.
Something balled up has been compressed or knotted into a mess—literally like yarn, or figuratively like plans gone wrong: The whole project got balled up when the contractor quit.
To ball something up is to crumple it: He balled up the paper and threw it away.
A balled-up situation is one in disorder or chaos.
- mixed upDisordered or confused
- waddedPressed into a lump
- confusedUnable to understand
- disorderedLacking systematic arrangement
- muddledIn a confused state
scrunched · roll · knotted · tied in knots · perplexed · screwed up · bunched · tangled · in a tangle · jumbled · scrambled · twist · flustered · crumpled · bewildered · snarled · disorganized · mussed
balled upflattened
Made smooth or level
spread out · unfolded · unfurled · stretched out · laid flat
balled upsorted out
Resolved or organized
straightened out · in order · organized · fixed · cleared up
balled upstretched out
Lengthened or spread out
spread-eagled · extended · lying flat · unfurled · opened up