See ball up in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess:
blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff, spoil. (Informal) bollix up, muck up. (Slang) blow1, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu. Idiom: make a muck of. See correct, helpTo put into total disorder:
confuse, disorder, jumble, mess up, muddle, scramble, snarl2. (Slang) snafu. Idiom: play havoc with. See order
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