BOLLIXES (UP) Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

bollixes (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of bollix (up)

as in fumbles

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way you've bollixed up the whole thing

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Lake Mary’s Remy Jarman fumbles the ball on his run and Oviedo recovers.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Buford scored 17 points off three Gainesville fumbles on punt plays.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of fumbles

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The Las Vegas spectacle, which opened to the public in August 2025, already blows audiences around with tornado-force wind, shakes them with haptic seats, sends giant winged monkeys flying overhead and drops hundreds of foam apples from the ceiling.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
By the time Frey and Felder nearly came to blows backstage in the summer of 1980, however, those threads were too frayed to hold.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026

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And that’s a bit of a problem, because nothing ruins the allure of the new and novel quite like ubiquity.

— Byron Hurd, The Drive, 27 Aug. 2026
Actual Roman ruins As for those interested in seeing legitimate sites, Arya recommends Verona for an amphitheater, or Aquileia, two and a half hours northeast on Veneto’s border with Friuli.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

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