louse something up
louse up
To ruin, spoil, mess up, or bungle someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "louse" and "up." Her sudden decision to quit in the middle of the project really loused us up. I am not letting your crummy attitude louse up my vacation—if you want to be grouch, you can go somewhere else and do it alone!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
louse something up
tv. to botch something up. Please don’t louse the typewriter ribbon up this time.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- louse (something) up, to
- louse up
- crap up
- bungle up
- scupper up
- futz something up
- futz up
- not do (someone or oneself) any favors
- rescue from
- rescue from (someone or something)