real cock-up
Frequency: 6.81.1 per million words
Used to emphasize that the mistake was genuine and significant.
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Examples (10)
- He made a real cock-up of the presentation.
- The whole project became a real cock-up due to poor planning.
- There was a real cock-up with the tickets, and half the guests couldn't get in.
- The server migration was a real cock-up; we lost hours of data.
- I made a real cock-up of my apology and probably made things worse.
- The new tax policy implementation has been a real cock-up from start to finish.
- Who was responsible for that real cock-up at the press conference?
- If we don't double-check everything, we're heading for a real cock-up.
- Looking back, the whole strategy was a real cock-up.
- That wasn't just a small mistake; it was a real cock-up.