cock something ↔ up
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
cock up• The fucking idiot cocking it right up was yours truly of course.ˈcock-up noun [countable] British English spoken informal MISTAKEsomething that has been spoiled by someone’s stupid mistake or by being done badly 混乱，一团糟 He’s made a monumental cock-up of his first assignment. 他把自己的第一次任务完成得一塌糊涂。cock-up over There’s been a cock-up over the tickets for the football on Saturday. 周六足球赛门票的事出了岔子。ˈcock-up nounChineseSyllable
by or something has that been spoiled stupid someone’s Corpus mistake
cock something ↔ up
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cock something ↔ up → cock something ↔ up at cock2(3) to spoil something by making a stupid mistake or doing it badly