stuff up
To ruin or harmTo ruin or harm.
» Tom has a stuffed-up nose.
Tom hat eine verstopfte Nase. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
У Тома заложен нос. — yatomoya
У Тома закладений ніс. — deniko
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28 sentencesTom has a stuffed-up nose.
У Тома закладений ніс. — deniko
ruУ Тома заложен нос. — yatomoya
deTom hat eine verstopfte Nase. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You can't make this stuff up.
I helped Tom pick his stuff up.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To cause (the nasal passages) to be blocked.
My nose is all stuffed up so I'm speaking funny.
(slang, transitive)To ruin or harm.
Don't drink tonight, because it'll stuff you up before your business trip.
(Australia, UK, intransitive, slang)To make a big mistake.
We lost the match because of the goalkeeper stuffing up.
Forms
stuffs up, stuffing up, stuffed up, stuffed upirregular
| Base form | stuff up · to stuff up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | stuffs up |
| Present participle | stuffing up |
| Past simple | stuffed up |
| Past participle | stuffed up |
Tenses
stuff up · stuffed up · will stuff up · have stuffed upPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.