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
And, if the Giants fade, can they foul up the Dodgers’ season anyway?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 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
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
