crap up

crap up

slang In each definition, a noun or pronoun can be used between "crap" and "up."

1. To ruin, bungle, or spoil something. I really crapped up that project at work—I'm going to get fired for sure! I'm afraid the accounting department totally crapped up the ledger. We'll need to tally the entire thing again. Take your time with the report so you don't crap it up!

2. To overrun or obstruct a thing or place, as with clutter, garbage, or undesirable things. Would you stop crapping up our apartment with all your silly figurines? I swear I just cleaned my bedroom. I don't know how I managed to crap it up again so fast! Ugh, why does my roommate crap up the house with these dumb tchotchkes?

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crap up

1. Burden or clutter up, as in Jane crapped up the garden with plastic pink flamingos. [c. 1946]

2. Ruin or foul up, as in I've really crapped up this speech; can I just start over again? This idiom employs crap in the sense of "defecate." [ Vulgar slang; c. 1950]

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

crap up

v. Vulgar Slang

1. To bungle or make a mess of something: I really crapped up the project. It looks like they crapped it up again.

2. To fail to function properly: My computer crapped up on me, and I had to shut it down.

See also: crap, up

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.