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Everything was going really well until Rob came along and fouled things up.
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foul something up or foul up — make a mistake with or spoil something. → foul … English new terms dictionary
foul — 1 adjective 1 SMELL/TASTE a foul smell or taste is very unpleasant: I gulped down some water to take the foul taste out of my mouth. | foul tasting/foul smelling: The bags of garbage had been piled up in a foul smelling heap. 2 in a foul… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
foul up — verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin (Freq. 1) I botched the dinner and we had to eat out the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement • Syn: ↑botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑bot … Useful english dictionary
foul — adjective 1》 offensive to the senses. ↘informal very disagreeable or unpleasant. ↘(of the weather) wet and stormy. 2》 morally offensive; wicked or obscene. ↘done contrary to the rules of a sport. 3》 polluted or contaminated.… … English new terms dictionary
foul up something — foul up (something) 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 … New idioms dictionary
foul up — (something) 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 … New idioms dictionary
Foul (nautical) — Foul is a nautical term meaning to entangle or entwine, and more generally that something is wrong or difficult. The term dates back to usage with wind driven sailing ships. Fouled anchorIt is usually applied to the state of an anchor, which has… … Wikipedia
foul-up — foul ups N COUNT A foul up is something that has gone badly wrong as a result of someone s mistakes or carelessness. [INFORMAL] A series of technical foul ups delayed the launch of the new product. Syn: bungle … English dictionary
Foul — Foul, v. i. 1. To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun. [1913 Webster] 2. To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foul one's nest — foul one s (own) nest do something damaging or harmful to oneself or one s own interests … Useful english dictionary
