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Meanings of botch in English

Portuguese
fiasco
Catalan
bunyol
Spanish
disparate

An embarrassing mistake.

fiasco
Portuguese
borrar
Catalan
espifiar
Spanish
arruinar

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.

borrar
Usage of botch in English
1
In fact, he argued forcefully against the botch-up, to great personal cost.
The Guardian
2
It was something of a botch, too, in an extremely pleasant way.
Rite of Passage
3
The National Party called for Clark to be sacked after the botch-up.
Radio NZ
4
BP's wooden CEO has seemed able to botch even the friendliest interviews.
Reuters
5
I must botch up the accounts, I see,-thesquire has grown sharp.
Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 02
6
We attempted to capture him, but made a botch of the business.
Messenger No. 48
7
Nobody but Fanchette could have made them look anything but a botch.
The Marriage of William Ashe
8
Now to be sure, we can certainly botch it if we're not careful.
Climbing Magazine
9
They said that New Zealand could not botch another World Cup.
Radio NZ
10
We make a simplified image of nature and then we botch it up.
Jurassic Park
11
I'm afraid between us we made rather a botch of things.
Julian
12
The ancients were particularly chary of allowing mere novices to botch their work.
The Art of War
13
So, more of a domestic botch than an international battle royal.
The Guardian
14
Outbreaks of insanity and botch-up reside everywhere in the parliamentary precinct.
The Guardian
15
I can see that I made a botch of it generally, Mr. Jerrard.
The Rainy Day Railroad War
16
They really must, before I make a worse botch of things.
Roma eterna
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