make hash of

Variant of hash

hash definition

hash (has̸h)

transitive verb

  1. to chop (meat or vegetables) into small pieces for cooking
  2. Informal to make a mess or botch of; bungle

Etymology: Fr hacher, to chop, mince: see hachure

noun

  1. a chopped mixture of cooked meat and vegetables, usually baked or browned
  2. a mixture, as of things used before in different forms; rehash
  3. a hodgepodge; muddle; mess
hash Idioms

hash out

☆
Informal to settle or resolve by prolonged discussion

hash over

☆
Informal to talk over in detail; discuss at length

make (a) hash of

Informal
  1. to bungle; botch
  2. to destroy or defeat (an opponent, argument, etc.)

settle someone's hash

Informal to overcome or subdue someone

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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