Definition of "balls-up" [balls-up]

• Something which becomes muddled or botched in some way. (noun)

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• "The $3.1 million project suffered a cost blowout of $615,000, which veteran Labor Senator John Faulkner described as a "balls-up"."
• "Ireland will be given an official apology by the International Rugby Board this week, for the balls-up that cost their team their customary victory in Cardiff."
• "I would like to think that it is a spell-check balls-up, but the mind still boggles."