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louse up

VERB
botch
Synonyms
WEAK
ball up blow blunder bobble boggle bollix boot bumble bungle butcher distort err fall down flounder flub foul up fumble goof up gum up make a muck of mar mend mess mess up misapply miscalculate miscompute misconjecture misconstrue mishandle misjudge mismanage muck up muddle muff mutilate patch pull a boner ruin screw up spoil stumble wreck

Example Sentences

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I didn’t want to louse up the photo opportunity because it was the only chance to get the picture we all wanted, Clinton and Assad.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2018

And then there was the problem of extra innings, a threat that loomed over every game, threatening to louse up our often down-to-the-hour plan.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2015

"You don't want to louse up the film rights."

From Time Magazine Archive

Soon after he took over as Prime Minister, Trudeau vowed that "I will not let this job louse up my private life."

From Time Magazine Archive

All you did was louse up a perfectly promising fracas so far as they were concerned.

From Frigid Fracas by Reynolds, Mack