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Discover LudwigThe phrase "goof up" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to make a mistake or a blunder. Here is an example of how it can be used in a sentence: "I accidentally goofed up the recipe by adding too much salt, and now the dish tastes terrible."
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If we goof up, well, it's not fatal and we're quite aware that we goofed.
"I knew Jeff was going to have to run off the track or goof up and, typically, he doesn't do that," McMurray said.
But abortion is far from the only issue on which Trump tends to waffle or goof up when he is asked detailed questions.
The pollsters could goof up in this election, too, but there is little indication in the voter-registration numbers or the early-voting figures that they are missing something big.
If you goof up again, you get a written warning.
I'll accept when I'm wrong and take the blame when I goof up.
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Mistakes and goof ups are going to happen.
They laugh out loud at their own goof ups and love me even more when they hear about mine.
Remove any accidental bloopers or goof ups.
We had goofed up, and we ought to be ashamed.
Then he goofs up by playing (out) a Gasquet backhand that was going wide.
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