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To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for f** up.
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I'm not letting him use my computer again; he always jacks it up.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
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- stand back
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- behind closed doors
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- by and large
- carry one's weight
- child's play
- common-or-garden
- dead as a doorknob
- don't get me started
- dry run
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- for goodness' sake
- from the word go
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- golden opportunity
- ground rules
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- in one's cups
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