foul up
Example Sentences
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Will this dirty business foul up anyone’s career?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
“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
To be reverse coach of the year, you have to foul up what you shouldn’t, like Blockbuster once passing on buying Netflix.
From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2016
Some inmates, for example, would try to flush something huge, like a bedsheet, in hopes it might foul up the entire block’s plumbing or allow them to flood the gallery.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
