cocked up
Made a mess
Cocked up is British slang for bungled or ruined through incompetence: The whole project got cocked up from the start.
Something cocked up has gone badly wrong.
The phrase derives from cock up, meaning to blunder or make a mess of things.
It's mildly vulgar but common in casual British speech.
- blownMoved by air
- messed upDisordered or badly handled
- screwed upMade errors badly
- brokeLacking any funds
- bungledPerformed ineptly, failed
blunder · accident · botch · slip-up · misstep · miscalculation · faux pas · flubbed · goofed · gaffe · embarrassment · shame · disaster · guilt · fiasco · error · mess · fouled up
execution quality
cocked uppulled off
Accomplished despite difficulty
aced · succeeded · mastered · accomplished · brought off
order and arrangement
cocked upsorted out
Resolved or organized
fixed · put right · straightened out · tidied up · organized