bollix up

Questions about bollix up

What does bollix up mean?

bollix up means "make a mess of, destroy or ruin".

What is another word for bollix up?

Close synonyms include botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bollix up a common word?

bollix up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.