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bollix

or ²ú´Ç±ô·¾±³æ, ²ú´Ç±ô·±ô´Ç³æ

[ bol-iks ]

verb (used with object)

Informal.
  1. to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up ):

    His interference bollixed up the whole deal.



noun

  1. a confused bungle.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bollix1

First recorded in 1930–35; variant of ballocks
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Example Sentences

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The transcript fails to illustrate how often Welker, bollixed by Trump, ended up stepping on her own questions.

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The tendency to inject melodrama and sensationalism, to shy away from tough-mindedness and harshness, and to bollix up story lines, is a familiar one in open-ended adaptations of self-contained, literary novels; it almost seems unavoidable.

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“You don’t bollix up the entire Senate for partisan purposes,†he said.

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But suddenly, this year, liberal dreams that have been bollixed up in Olympia forever came true.

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The world just seemed too bollixed up for superficial entertainment.

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