Wiktionary
vb. to do badly, particularly to make a mess while doing.
Usage examples of "make a hash of".
Until they do that, I have no faith that these islands can be held, because the Army will make a hash of it.
I thought for a moment about trying to answer her forsoothly, but decided not to since I'd likely make a hash of it.
He had begun to suffer from a feeling of detachment and unreality: he could not believe that he, a basically honest jockey, was about to make a hash of the Kentucky Derby.
He was no diplomat, and began to fear he would make a hash of this conversation.
He felt sure he would make a hash of it the first time he tried it.
Klaus still wants my job, and since he hasn't commanded anything but a desk for the past nineteen years, I'm unwilling to let him make a hash of it.
Klaus still wants my job, and since he hasnt commanded anything but a desk for the past nineteen years, Im unwilling to let him make a hash of it.