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foul someone or something up

to cause disorder and confusion for someone or something; to tangle up someone or something; to mess someone or something up. Go away! Don't foul me up any more. You've fouled up my whole day. Watch out! You're going to foul up my kite strings.

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foul up

to blunder; to mess up. Please don't foul up this time. The quarterback fouled up in the first quarter, and that lost us the game.

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foul up

to make a mistake I'm sorry, I fouled up - I meant to send the last message just to Frank, not the whole group.

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foul up something

also foul something up

1. to spoil something by making a mistake or doing something stupid It takes the same amount of time to do things right as to foul them up.

2. to damage a machine or system Too much aspirin can really foul up your stomach.

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foul up

Blunder or cause to blunder; botch, ruin. For example, He's fouled up this report, but I think we can fix it, or Our plans were fouled up by the bad weather. This expression is widely believed to have originated as a euphemism for fuck up. [Colloquial; c. 1940]

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foul up

v.

1. To blunder because of mistakes or poor judgment: I've tried many times to pass this test, but this time I really fouled up.

2. To cause someone or something to blunder: The howling dogs distracted me and fouled up my concentration. The pain in my hand fouled me up and I couldn't aim my camera.

3. To clog or became entangled in something: The seaweed fouled up the propeller blades. The dangling cables fouled the machinery up, thereby causing the breakdown.

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foul up

1. in. to blunder; to mess up. The quarterback fouled up in the first quarter, and that lost us the game.

2. n. a blunder; an error. (Usually foul-up.) That was a fine foul-up! Is that your specialty?

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