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Muck Up (Verb)

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement".

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

The project was going well until management mucked it up at the last minute.
The caterer was going to be fired after they managed to muck up the wedding reception.
He panicked under pressure and mucked up the job interview.
The team mucked up the chances of winning by making a series of careless mistakes.
They had one last chance but ended up mucking up the final presentation.

Soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The child's pants were covered in dirt after she had mucked up her clothes playing in the muddy puddles.
The soccer players kept slipping as they mucked up the field during the game due to heavy rainfall.
The hikers had great difficulty moving forward after the recent storm mucked up the mountain trail with mud and debris.
The gardener mucked up her hands with the wet soil as she knelt to plant the flower seeds.
The ATVs mucked up the once pristine meadow, leaving deep tracks and muddy trenches in its wake.