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  • 41foul — 1. adjective /faʊl/ a) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; …

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  • 42foul — 1. adjective 1) a foul stench Syn: disgusting, revolting, repulsive, repugnant, abhorrent, loathsome, offensive, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, stomach churning, stomach turning, distasteful, obnoxious, objectionable, odious …

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  • 43foul — [faʊl] adj I 1) very dirty, or very unpleasant a foul smell[/ex] 2) if someone has a foul TEMPER or is in a foul mood, they are very angry • fall foul of to do something that annoys someone or breaks a rule[/ex] II verb foul [faʊl] 1) [I/T] to… …

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  • 44foul out — verb baseball: hit a ball such that it is caught from an out in foul territory (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑foul • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * noun 1. : foul …

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  • 45foul up — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. make a mess of, bungle, spoil, entangle; see botch , confuse . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess: ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, fumble, gum up, mess up,… …

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  • 46foul — [OE] The underlying meaning of foul is probably ‘rotten, putrid’, with overtones of ‘evilsmelling’. It goes back to an Indo European *pu , which may originally have been inspired by the same reaction as produced the English exclamation of disgust …

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  • 47foul — [OE] The underlying meaning of foul is probably ‘rotten, putrid’, with overtones of ‘evilsmelling’. It goes back to an Indo European *pu , which may originally have been inspired by the same reaction as produced the English exclamation of disgust …

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  • 48foul\ up — v informal 1. To make dirty. The birds fouled up his newly washed car. 2. To tangle up. He tried to throw a lasso but he got the rope all fouled up. 3. To ruin or spoil by stupid mistakes; botch. He fouled the whole play up by forgetting his part …

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  • 49make a hash of — (informal) BUNGLE, fluff, mess up, make a mess of; mismanage, mishandle, ruin, wreck; informal botch, muff, muck up, foul up, screw up, blow; Brit. informal make a pig s ear of …

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  • 50make a mess of — MISMANAGE, mishandle, bungle, fluff, spoil, ruin, wreck; informal mess up, botch, make a hash of, muck up, foul up; Brit. informal make a pig s ear of, make a Horlicks of, cock up. → mess * * * make a mess of : to ruin (something) or to make many …

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