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louse up



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Idioms and Phrases

Spoil, ruin, bungle. For example, The bad weather loused up our plans , or Your change of mind really loused me up . This slangy expression originated in World War I, when infestation with lice was the common lot of soldiers in the trenches; its figurative use dates from the 1930s.
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I didn’t want to louse up the photo opportunity because it was the only chance to get the picture we all wanted, Clinton and Assad.

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The winter storm bearing down on the region and most of the East Coast on Wednesday louses up plans for everyone but those who planned to sit at home in a rocker by the fireplace.

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In either instance, it louses up my request.

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I’m aware of it, still don’t use it, and yet I’ve yet to lose or corrupt any data or louse up the file system of a storage device.

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I said okay, I didn't want to louse up the deal over a little thing like that.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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