goof (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for goof (up)
Verb
  • And Volodymyr Zelenskyy also fumbled the bag pretty hard.
    CBS News, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Arriving in England in 1929, Queenie fumbled around on the edges of the entertainment business, hoping to be an actor.
    Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Sparks or embers can blow into leaves or grass, ignite a fire, and quickly spread.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Sure, trips to the salon for cut, color, treatment and styling provide some form of hair and scalp care, but only on a cosmetic level.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Denver then countered a White-to-Kornet lob and a White 3-pointer on back-to-back Boston trips with consecutive threes from Braun and Murray, who was far more effective over the final three quarters.
    Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The main character, a married artist in her mid-forties, sets out from her Los Angeles home, stumbles into a psychosexual dynamic with a young rental-car attendee, and decides to remodel a motel room into a love nest.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Everything will then be sold – unless he’s stumbled across a famous ball.
    Don Riddell, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Poor performance is 95% the result of work processes breaking down, not employees screwing up.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The stalking may just have been a way to bide time and screw up the courage for a dinner invite, but after their meal, Burt’s Outie might not be wholly innocent or trustworthy.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Title-winning odds and relegation implications Arsenal slipping up at the King Power could be the final nail in the coffin for the Gunners’ chances of catching – and usurping – Liverpool.
    Julia Ranney, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Brentford, meanwhile, know that victory could take them into the top half of the table should Fulham slip up at Newcastle.
    Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Alli Jo adds that the kids left school to appear on the date with Grant and the ladies, so Zoe ruined their day, too.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2025
  • During the 2020 election campaign, Trump said the AFFH rule would ruin the suburbs by forcing more affordable housing.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This brings back the Bilas comment from long ago on fouling up two.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • In between those foul shots, the Jayhawks intentionally fouled up three.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Goof (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goof%20%28up%29. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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