What is the meaning of muck up?

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
- usage: "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
- synonyms: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
Soil with mud, muck, or mire.
- usage: "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
- synonyms: mire, muck, mud

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