Translations for „muck-up“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈmuck-up N inf

muck-up

Fehlschlag m

muck-up

Reinfall m inf

muck up VB trans Brit inf

to muck up ⇆ sth

etw vermasseln inf [o. sl verbocken] [o. region inf verhauen]

to muck up an exam

eine Prüfung versieben [o. region verhauen] inf

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to muck up an exam

eine Prüfung versieben [o. region verhauen] inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Most fingerprint scanners today require physical contact, but constantly being soaked with finger-oil and dirt can also muck-up the machines.

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Even a muck-up in the first sets did not slow demand.

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Police are now "actively looking" into internal processes to see what "learnings" can be gleaned from the muck-up, a spokeswoman said.

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Or -- today's most cynical default explanation for anything -- wilful muck-up in exchange for social media attention?

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In 2003, three police cars were dispatched to the school when muck-up day activities went wrong after carloads of youths wielding baseball bats and wearing balaclavas arrived at the school.

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But he recalled a certain school administrator who "loved trains" and one muck-up day found his office covered in railway memorabilia and papier mache carriages.

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For most, muck-up day is now a memory and exams are approaching, followed by results packages, first-round offers and then... life on the other side of high school.

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Then there was muck-up day.

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