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louse up

verb
/ˈlaʊs ˈʌp/UK

Definitions

  1. To mess up

    To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.

    • To be loused up by Humbolt was really a kind of privilege. It was like being the subject of a two-nosed portrait by Picasso, or an eviscerated chicken by Soutine.
    • The recent flu epidemic that loused up all my plans to see Pat Bond.

  2. To mistreat (someone).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA