Green’s Dictionary of Slang

to make a mess of things, to make a mistake; to spoil.

1928		Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act III: You’ve just bitched up my whole life!
1929		J.B. Priestley Good Companions 404: I thowt she was bitching ’erself up all along.
1933		Hecht & Fowler Great Magoo 62: You almost bitched everything up.
1941		B. Schulberg What Makes Sammy Run? (1992) 188: You had to stick your neck out like a giraffe. Now you really bitched yourself up.
1952		J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 46: I have [...] a damned fine smoothrunning outfit. I do not allow anything to bitch it up.
1953		I. Hamilton Till Human Voices Wake Us 167: Merv was one of the unsung heroes of this war, and i only hope they [i.e. prisons] haven’t bitched him up permanently.
1957		P. Moore Chocolates for Breakfast 13: You bitch up my life because I have a sense of responsibility for you.
1971		B. Malamud Tenants (1972) 81: You’ve bitched up and whammied all my pleasure that I used to enjoy out of my writing.
1978		(con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 2: Don’t bitch it up! No fights with sailors!
1989		H. Rawson Dict. of Invective (1991) 45: Common current forms include [...] bitch up (to confuse or botch up).
1999		Guardian Weekend 20 Nov. 40: In case the old sciatic nerve flares up and bitches up his leg.
2023		(con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 13: Darryl Zanuck’s [...] bitched up and has shit stacked high on his plate.