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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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