Usually means: Make a careless or silly mistake.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. goof-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. goof-up: Wordnik
  3. goof-up, goof up: Wiktionary
  4. goof-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. goof-up, goof up: Dictionary.com
  6. goof up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. goof up: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. goof up, goof up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. goof up: ESL Slang page

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Definitions from Wiktionary (goof up)

▸ verb:  (slang) To make a mistake.
▸ verb:  (transitive, slang) To introduce problems to or damage through incompetence.

Similar:
goof, foul up, stuff up, screw up, monkey up, mess up, boof, oops, slip up, botch up, more...

Opposite:
succeed, accomplish, achieve, excel, perform

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Similar:
goof, foul up, stuff up, screw up, monkey up, mess up, boof, oops, slip up, botch up, more...

Opposite:
succeed, accomplish, achieve, excel, perform



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