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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To ruin or destroy.

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  • verb UK, slang To ruin or destroy.
  • noun informal A mess or undesirable situation made as a result of incompetence.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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  • Dublin slang - ruin, incapacitate

    June 10, 2009