foul (sth) up
informal— phrasal verb with foul uk/faʊl/us/faʊl/verb
to spoil something by making a mistake or doing something stupid:
I don't want David organizing this party after the way he fouled things up last year.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- alloy
- at the expense of sb idiom
- at-risk
- bandh
- bang up sb/sth
- gloss
- gnaw
- gnaw away at sth
- go west idiom
- goonda
- harm
- poison
- ruin
- scourge
- shatter
- shoot sth up
- shred
- sour
- tell on sb
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