English · Phrasal verb Attested

plumber up

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Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To botch or ruin.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Làm hỏng hoặc phá hủy

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Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

When a pilot no longer heeds the demands of vanity or misplaced pride; when he attempts not to salvage a plumbered-up approach with a desperate bit of squirming and jockeying, but rather shrugs it off as a well-deserved object lesson in complacency and tools around the circuit again—then he is a rea

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To work on (something) as a plumber; to equip (something) with plumbing.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Làm việc hoặc lắp đặt hệ thống ống nước

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “plumber up” mean?

To botch or ruin.

Is “plumber up” formal or informal?

plumber up is generally slang.

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