a bad mistake

  • 101Fuck up — (v) 1. make a blunder; 2. wreck or ruin (something); (n.) (offensive) 3. miscalculation; a bad mistake; 4. person who is mentally or emotionally unstable …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 102come a gutser — Australian Slang make a bad mistake, have an accident; fail through poor judgement; fall over …

    English dialects glossary

  • 103fuck up — Australian Slang 1. v make a blunder; 2. wreck or ruin (something); n (offensive) 3. miscalculation; a bad mistake; 4. person who is mentally or emotionally unstable …

    English dialects glossary

  • 104mitigating — mit|i|gat|ing [ˈmıtıgeıtıŋ] adj mitigating circumstances/factors facts about a situation that make a crime or bad mistake seem less serious ▪ Judges often give reduced sentences where there are mitigating circumstances …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 105screw — screw1 [skru:] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: escroe inner screw, nut , from Latin scrofa female pig ] 1.) a thin pointed piece of metal that you push and turn in order to fasten pieces of metal or wood together →↑nail ▪ Fix the frame… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 106cock-up — cock ,up noun count BRITISH IMPOLITE a bad mistake or something that has been done very badly …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 107mitigating — adjective mitigating circumstances/factors etc facts about a situation that make a crime or bad mistake seem less serious: a reduced prison sentence due to mitigating circumstances …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 108screw — 1 noun 1 (C) a thin pointed piece of metal that you push and turn in order to fasten pieces of metal or wood together: Tighten the screws on the plug. 2 (C) slang taboo an act of having sex 3 have a screw loose informal often humorous to be… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 109cock-up — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cock up : singular cock up plural cock ups British impolite a bad mistake, or something that has been done very badly …

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  • 110stuff-up — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms stuff up : singular stuff up plural stuff ups Australian informal a bad mistake, or something that has been done very badly …

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