1 C1 idiomatic slang
To ruin, spoil, or make a mess of something through error or incompetence.
"They bitched up the entire presentation by forgetting half the slides."
separable
bitch up
C1 slang separable transitive
To ruin or spoil something through incompetence or carelessness.
In plain English
To mess something up badly.
What does "bitch up" mean?
One main meaning — here's how to use it.
Usage tip
Rare and highly vulgar American slang. Functionally synonymous with 'screw up' or 'mess up' but carries stronger emotional weight and offense. Very limited usage; not widely attested in standard corpora.
Words that pair with "bitch up"
Natural word combinations native speakers use most often.
plan everything job project totally
How to conjugate "bitch up"
The five tense forms you'll use most often.
Base
bitch up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
bitches up
he/she/it
Past simple
bitched up
yesterday
Past participle
bitched up
have + pp
-ing form
bitching up
continuous
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