foul up

Example Sentences

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The pandemic also fouled up — really, continues to foul up — the supply chain.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2021

Draftees Slicker and Herbie go to boot camp and foul up everything, especially a rifle drill.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2021

“So for us to foul up those two, that part we know we can get corrected.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 1, 2018

Self-deleting messages can also foul up long-established record-retention practices and, for some federal employees, they may constitute a violation of the law.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2017

Mama was afraid it would foul up our drinking water.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson