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balled up

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*(all) balled up

troubled; confused; in a mess. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) John is all balled up because his car was stolen.

See also: ball, up

balled up

mod. confused; mixed up. (This is hyphenated before a nominal.) That dame is so balled up she doesn’t know anything.

See also: ball, up