botch up
Make a hash
To botch up is to ruin something through clumsy or careless work—a slightly emphatic variant of botch.
You botch up a repair job, a presentation, or a relationship: He botched up the plumbing and flooded the basement.
The noun botch-up refers to the resulting mess: The whole project was a complete botch-up.
Fail through clumsiness
Humiliating public failure
- debacleSudden, complete failure
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- shamblesState of total disorder
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
train wreck · snafu · mess · muddle · hash · dog's breakfast · pig's ear · blunder
Lacking physical coordination
- ineptLacking skill or competence
- amateurishLacking professional skill
- ham-handedLacking dexterity or subtlety
- heavy-handedClumsy and oppressive
maladroit · slapdash · careless · sloppy · haphazard · crude · rough · shabby
Material covering damage
- jury-rigImprovise temporary repair
- cobble togetherAssemble hastily from whatever's available
- quick fixHasty temporary solution
- band-aidAdhesive strip for cuts
kludge · bodge job · makeshift · stopgap · slap together · duct tape fix · hack · workaround
bungle
Fail through clumsiness
screw up · blow · ruin · spoil · mar · wreck · mangle · butcher · hash · muff
fiasco
Humiliating public failure
catastrophe · train wreck · snafu · mess · muddle · hash · dog's breakfast · pig's ear · blunder · gaffe
clumsy
Lacking physical coordination
- ineptLacking skill or competence
- amateurishLacking professional skill
- ham-handedLacking dexterity or subtlety
heavy-handed · maladroit · slapdash · careless · sloppy · haphazard · crude · rough · shabby · poor
patch
Material covering damage
- jury-rigImprovise temporary repair
- cobble togetherAssemble hastily from whatever's available
- quick fixHasty temporary solution
band-aid · kludge · bodge job · makeshift · stopgap · slap together · duct tape fix · hack · workaround · temporary fix