louse up

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louse up

/ˈlaʊs ˈʌp/ UK

verb louses up · lousing up · loused up

colloquial, idiomatic 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.
US, informal To mistreat (someone).

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@misc{louse_up_2026,
  title = {louse up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/louse%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}