louse up

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,colloquial)Tomess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.1976September,Saul Bellow,Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.:Avon Books,→ISBN,page 3:To beloused upby 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.1980April 12, Nancy Walker, “Parents and Friends of Gays”, inGay Community News, page12:The recent flu epidemic thatloused upall my plans to see Pat Bond.; (informal,US)To mistreat (someone).

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