FOULED UP Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

fouled up

verb

Definition of fouled up next

past tense of foul up

as in fumbled

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way tried not to foul up the football play

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as in stumbled

to make a mistake unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting

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Recent Examples of fouled up But their strategy was fouled up when the car’s occupants switched on the headlights, throwing a glare up the tote road along which the wardens had planned to sprint. —

Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026 Wild turkeys gobbled up Staten Island straphangers’ time on Monday, after a flock fouled up service on the Staten Island Railway. —

Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026 Karaban almost had a costly turnover on an inbound play with 14 seconds left, but the Huskies fouled up three and Mulready split his free throw attempts, setting up the game-clinching freebies from the Huskies’ captain. —

Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026

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As print and television media fumbled their way online, Gawker used the internet to pull back the curtain on celebrity, mainstream media, politics and creeping commercialism.

— Frank DiGiacomo, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
In its bid to get out in front of the FCC’s inquiry, however, the NFL may have fumbled its advantage over CBS.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 1 May 2026