Definition of bodge - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
- He had to bodge the broken chair leg.
2.
- She managed to bodge the entire presentation.
Expressions with bodge
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work done badly because of carelessness or poor skill
That shelf is a real bodge job.
assemble quickly without attention to detail
They bodged together a shelter from old wood.
Origin of bodge
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Examples of bodge in a sentence
They bodged the car's engine to get it running. He managed to bodge the repair job completely. They bodged the recipe, and it tasted awful.
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- French:bricoler, gâcher, ...
- German:flicken, vermasseln, ...
- Italian:arrangiare, rovinare, ...
- Spanish:apañar, arruinar, ...
- Portuguese:remediar, estragar, ...
- Chinese:凑合修理, 搞砸, ...
- Japanese:応急処置する, 台無しにする, ...
- Arabic:رَتَقَ, أفسد, ...
- Hebrew:לְאַלְתֵּר, לְבַלְגֵּן, ...
- Russian:кое-как чинить, испортить, ...
- Ukrainian:заляпати, зіпсувати, ...
- Hindi:अस्थायी रूप से ठीक करना, गड़बड़ करना, ...
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