Sentence examples for cock up from inspiring English sources

"cock up" is an appropriate and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to mean "to make a mistake" or "to mess something up". For example, "I cocked up my presentation and didn't get the job."

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cock up

verb

To ruin (something) unintentionally; to screw up, mess up or fuck up.

Exact(2)

Was it cock up or conspiracy?

You never used to see Tiger cock up like that.

Similar(58)

Staff cock-up".

It's a monumental cock-up.

Cock-up, not conspiracy.

The cock-up has now been uncocked.

It was also a cock-up.

A straight-forward cock-up.

It's the biggest cock-up ever".

I see them as mostly cock-up.

Captain Cock-up or Captain Fantastic?

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