plumber up
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Sense 1
Meaning · English
To botch or ruin.
Register: slang
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
Meaning · English
To work on (something) as a plumber; to equip (something) with plumbing.
Register: colloquial
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.