Something of little value or significance.
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
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Examples for "blow"
Examples for "blow"
1And La Motte; at the first blow; was more than half successful.
2It was a blow in the face; his own voice hardened then.
3My head sunk on my breast; I received the blow in silence.
4The salt winds of the Channel blow in through the open ports.
5He got in between the armour plates; first blow went to him.
1However, I also strongly believe in the right to spoil your vote.
2I wanted to spoil the party by a long way, Abbott said.
3No way was he going to let a woman spoil the moment.
4We should not interfere in case we spoil an official criminal investigation.
5The only result will be to spoil the control of the aeroplane.
1Leaders who fumble crises like these often pay a high political price.
2I fumble for my phone, then speed-dial the last number-theDuty Officer.
3Linebacker Luke Kuechly recovered the fumble at the New Orleans 45-yard line.
4Indianapolis cornerback Vontae Davis forced the fumble, and safety Mike Adams recovered.
5Undaunted by his fumble, Stidham kept the pressure on the Bulldogs' defense.
1Then she picked up the muff in which the letter lay hidden.
2But the muff lay in her lap, ponderous with its rich enclosures.
3So across the street, her nose in her muff, ran Margaret Elizabeth.
4She also carried a new beaver muff, but in one hand only.
5Then, just as she was, hands in muff, she entered the parlour.
1Rusty patched bumble bee proposed for U.S. endangered species status The U.S.
2A bumble-bee alighted and strolled on the crown of his Panama hat.
3When my godson grows up, he wants to be a bumble bee.
4Children, have you ever seen a wild bees' nest- arealbumble-bees 'home
5Bees, bumble bees, and even wasps were the victims of his strange voracity.
1Mr Andrews has publicly taken personal responsibility for the hotel quarantine bungle.
2That's an unbelievably catastrophic bungle right at the front door, Stefanovic said.
3This bureaucratic bungle persisted for more than two years until October 2018.
4Of course he made a terrible bungle of it to start with.
5He must understand his position, so as not to bungle the thing.
1Well, you made a dog's bollocks of that, didn't you, little Beta?
2Listen, Doc, I don't need to know all the technical bollocks.
3I don't write at a certain time each day - bollocks to that.
4It was just a moment of exasperation and I thought, 'bollocks to it'.
5They think it's all bollocks and are prepared to say so.
1In fact, he argued forcefully against the botch-up, to great personal cost.
2It was something of a botch, too, in an extremely pleasant way.
3The National Party called for Clark to be sacked after the botch-up.
4BP's wooden CEO has seemed able to botch even the friendliest interviews.
5I must botch up the accounts, I see,-thesquire has grown sharp.
1A bobble at the start can reduce that margin in a flash.
2On Stubbs's desk, beside his laptop, is a Jerry Falwell bobble-head doll.
3A plate that has a little bobble, all of them, any so.
4Famous faces gave salopettes, skis and bobble hats a forever fashion status.
5She shoved the shoulder straps down, and let her tits bobble free.
1Someone could simply guess, or flub the answer through a silly mistake.
2Sending out mass apology for the address book flub later today.
3You remember that flub of hers last year at the festival for Hermes?
4He didn't do a thing wrong except flub a few of his lines.
5It was one flub after another-doubledbecause of Judith copying me!
1Remember what a furious bodge that turned out to be?
2But it works well, and makes you realise how often other crime shows bodge their endings. 22.
3I was far too tired, and not in the mood; I made a bodge of narrating my report.
4The bodge job is so dodge, the trains sport disabled accessible toilets that wheelchairs can't properly fit into.
1Clinton and her staff maintain she did not mishandle any information.
2It doesn't matter that the ministers and their courtiers shamelessly mishandle the nation's affairs.
3As the West continuous to mishandle the electronic jihad it is proving the militants right.
4The group said in a statement that officials have mishandled the situation.
5Both sides mishandled the crisis that followed, leading to the final split.
1That really was bizarre, but not costly, as the captain Schaars made a total bollix of the corner.
2Since he declined to return their ball, the youths would assuredly have called him a "speccy bollix".
3They thought for a while and came up with what they agreed was a much more acceptable word: "bollix".
4Someday I would look back on it with disbelief, knowing the only thing I'd accomplished with Iola was to bollix my chances with this woman.
5You didn't get this bollixed up without lots and lots of planning.
1The new commonwealth must arouse, and screw up the brakes much tighter.
2Mr. Lansing could not screw up his courage to resign in 1916.
3I will have my hair frizzed, and screw up an imposing cue.
4I've been trying for days to screw up my courage to speak.
5Mendax wanted something innocuous, which wouldn't screw up the 1000 lines permanently.
1It was the day she threw her ball up into the tree.
2I thought we ran the ball up the court with a purpose.
3Five strokes later I picked my ball up out of the bunker.
4Throw the ball up, and Mr. Randolph Rover held out his hands.
5It seems as if some one had thrown a ball up there.
1True, viruses muck up computers and networks, and cost a fortune in downtime.
2If the suits want to hopelessly muck up their own network, let them.
3Just release the spray or muck up the chemical balance in his Pirbuterol Acetate.
4Rather than muck up a good thing, Dearborn opted for a touchup over a makeover.
5But it's an opportunity we could still muck up.
1You didn't get this bollixed up without lots and lots of planning.
2This brain is bollixed up about reality and I can't analyze it.
3Tom would get all bollixed up trying to set up even a little tent.
4He wondered if he'd bollixed up the breaks.
5Damn, I'm going to enjoy that almost as much as I am bollixing up my dear old friend Ralph's campaign.'
1'We're going to bollocks up our second chance at Eden, even before the paint has dried.'
1And of course there are plenty of neurotics around, people who'd louse up heaven itself.
2Only trouble is, they louse up the range scale.
3Moral: Thou shalt not convert thy neighbor's wife, nor yet louse up they neighbor's life.
4You did us a favor by giving us advance notice; why should we louse up your show for you?
5I was this close to hornin' in on your conversation, but then I figured why louse up a sale for you?
1Finally I realised that if you foul up, you move on.
2At least now we know for certain that we didn't foul up the initialization process.
3You can't even trust them to foul up dependably.
4He didn't want anything to foul up this reunion.
5Look on the bright side, the water should foul up that white fire of theirs.
1If I mess up, I have to lead by example and go.
2They mess up budgets, and the HSE must live within its budget.
3The last thing you want to do is mess up that moment.
4I just don't want anything to happen to mess up this sale.
5What if I do bad?' I was really afraid to mess up.
1But the second time they operate it'll be harder to fuck up.
2Now it's time to cowboy the fuck up and deal with it.
3And we can always make an exception if you really fuck up.
4That's what could happen if you fuck up when you're in charge.
5Tyrone glared at him, as if to say, shut the fuck up.
1I must botch up the accounts, I see,-thesquire has grown sharp.
2Are you affected by Auckland Council's consenting botch up?
3Gillard accepts complete responsibility for the "real Julia" botch up in the 2010 campaign.
4The Prime Minister says a botch up that allowed a woman with Covid-19 to leave isolation is unacceptable.
5The Prime Minister is facing his first political botch up as questions continue to swirl around the Internal Affairs Minister.
Ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect.
1The Company's cellulose fibers product portfolio includes fluff, market and specialty pulps.
2No permanent space means there's no place for postcards or personal fluff.
3Let me trim out all the fluff and get to work, already!
4Sunrise disclosed the world trimmed from horizon to horizon in fairy fluff.
5You think I am being dramatic, building fluff when there isn't any.
6Then uncover, fluff with a fork, and let cool to room temperature.
7In an instant George was standing on the wall, light as fluff.
8I think I'd have got better etertainment out of scrutinising my belly-fluff.
9The resulting wrestling match sent up another thick cloud of milkweed fluff.
10The common native method is to attach a fluff of cotton wool.
11Any annoying mistakes, pieces of fluff or wayward mascara must be removed.
12They were in a boudoir now, all pink fluff and spun sugar.
13Turn off the heat, and the coconut flakes and fluff the quinoa.
14I adjusted a picture, repositioned a vase, picked fluff from the carpet.
15The dandelion fluff reminds me of Louis, of when we were kids.
16Runs on and on, I'm guessing to fluff his geeky little ego.
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