"foul up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /faʊl ˈʌp/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-foul up.ogg Forms: fouls up [present, singular, third-person], fouling up [participle, present], fouled up [participle, past], fouled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} foul up (third-person singular simple present fouls up, present participle fouling up, simple past and past participle fouled up)
  1. (intransitive, slang, idiomatic) To make a mistake, to go wrong. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, slang Synonyms (make a mistake): mess up
    Sense id: en-foul_up-en-verb-ROWJ9M8q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'make a mistake': 94 6
  2. (transitive) To botch; to make a mess of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-foul_up-en-verb-u~dHxrks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fuck up [vulgar], make a mistake, mess up Derived forms: foul-up

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To make a mistake, to go wrong."
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        "(intransitive, slang, idiomatic) To make a mistake, to go wrong."
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        "To botch; to make a mess of."
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        "(transitive) To botch; to make a mess of."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To botch; to make a mess of."
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      "sense": "make a mistake",
      "word": "mess up"
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    },
    {
      "word": "make a mistake"
    },
    {
      "word": "mess up"
    }
  ],
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Download raw JSONL data for foul up meaning in All languages combined (2.0kB)

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