LOUSE UP Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

louse up

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Definition of louse up next

as in to stumble

to make a mistake everything is riding on this project, so we can't afford to louse up

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as in to fumble

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way I loused up the wallpapering job in the bedroom—the seams show too much

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Recent Examples of louse up Which is to say that America’s most prominent vaccine skeptic could have the power to upend, derail, or otherwise louse up a cornerstone of public health. —

Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024 Conversely, one of the easiest ways to louse up a team on draft day is to load up a team with players who aren’t going to produce at a level commensurate with when they were drafted. —

Gary Davenport, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024

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The show follows Nicky (Levy) and Morgan Dardano (Taylor Ortega), a pastor-and-teacher sibling duo from New Jersey who stumble into organized crime after Morgan steals a necklace from a postal store to bury with their dying grandmother.

— Kennedy French, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026
When a character speaks English, an accent is employed and the manner is often a bit stumbling.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026