(British, Ireland, Australia, NZ, informal) To break or spoil something, or make it inoperative, useless etc.
I've buggered up the sudoku somehow and can't finish it.
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(British, Ireland, Australia, NZ, informal) To injure or harm (someone).
Well, he only buggers up one sentence, and that's the first one. He says, 'Shut up, blek.' But from that point on, it was OK because I helped him with it. If I'd been there, I would have told him to say, 'Shut up, black', exactly the sam…
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