"louse up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: louses up [present, singular, third-person], lousing up [participle, present], loused up [participle, past], loused up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} louse up (third-person singular simple present louses up, present participle lousing up, simple past and past participle loused up)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Related terms: lousy Translations (to mess up): sotkea (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-louse_up-en-verb-kwSYG~GY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

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