nause up

verb

To botch or ruin; to make a mess of.

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Meanings

verbnause up (third-person singular simple present nauses up, present participle nausing up, simple past and past participle naused up)

present singular third person nauses up · participle present nausing up · participle past naused up · past naused up

  1. slangtransitiveTo botch or ruin; to make a mess of.

    How can something so simple be naused up by so many people?

    2022, Stephen B. Charles, Table for Two, Mr Sparrowhawk?
    1 more example

    You naused up your place in this family and you did it with malice.

    2014, Martina Cole, The Good Life
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