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bung up
verb as in abuse
verb as in bruise
verb as in manhandle
verb as in mistreat
Example Sentences
A no-deal exit from the European Union could bung up Britain's ports.
The charge could even be self-defeating, if missed payments bung up the courts—not unlikely, given that many offenders are poor and chaotic.
They only bung up the volcano; the best step is to cure the blood, otherwise it will break out somewhere else.
City experts advised clients to sell shares following BP's admission over the weekend that the much vaunted "top kill" attempt to bung up the well had failed.
The junk shot will bung up the blowout preventer.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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