foul up

Example Sentences

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What we want to do here is foul up the hard drive platters, the spinning discs that our data is meticulously placed upon.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022

Draftees Slicker and Herbie go to boot camp and foul up everything, especially a rifle drill.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 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

I partly blame all those dopes that clap their heads off--they'd foul up anybody, if you gave them a chance.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger