Improve and Muck up

Opposite meaning terms

Improve verb - To make better.

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Muck up is an antonym for improve.

Muck up verb - To make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way.

Usage example: I swear, she mucks up everything she tries

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Improve is an antonym for muck up in topics: ruin, injure, adulterate.

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