˜yÐÄvlog

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bodge

/ ²úÉ’»åÏô /

verb

  1. informal.
    to make a mess of; botch
  2. informal.
    to make or adjust in a false or clumsy way

    I bodged the figures

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bodge1

C16: changed from botch
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For the last four months we have pretty much had a shadow shadow cabinet, a team bodged together by Rishi Sunak in the aftermath of defeat with the job of being caretakers until this moment.

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While on Mr Bray's roof, one of the three said: "As you can see, we're doing some roofing work here... we're doing some bodging."

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But he has bodged together a new cabinet, the kind of emergency reshuffle no party leader wants forced upon them.

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When the SNP did so as a minority administration, Alex Salmond bodged together deals with other parties to get his budgets passed - ironically, including the Conservatives.

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The bodged restoration came to light after an artist placed pictures of the offending visage on Facebook on Saturday.

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