botchverb [ T ]
uk/bɒtʃ/us/bɑːtʃ/UK also bodgeto spoil something by doing it badly:
We botched (up) our first attempt at wallpapering the bathroom.
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Failing and doing badly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls-up
- be running on empty idiom
- beat a dead horse idiom
- crack
- crash
- draw
- fail
- fall apart
- fray around/at the edges idiom
- fumble
- get off on the right/wrong foot idiom
- give up on sb/sth
- go against sb
- sink like a stone idiom 1
- sink like a stone
- so much for sth idiom
- stagnate
- strike out
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Making mistakes
botchnoun [ C ]
uk/bɒtʃ/us/bɑːtʃ/UK also botch-up, bodge, bodge-upsomething that is spoiled by being done badly:
The company made a series of botches before it went bankrupt.
UK The concert was very badly organized. In fact, the whole thing was a real botch-up.
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Faults and mistakes
- a blot on sb's character idiom
- aberration
- Achilles heel
- adrift
- black mark
- chink
- clinker
- creep in/creep into sth
- erratum
- error
- failing
- false alarm
- false move
- faux pas
- lapse
- loophole
- misprint
- misspell
- mistake
- mistaken
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