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louses up

louses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of louse up.

Meaning of louse up

Verb

louse up (third-person singular simple present louses up, present participle lousing up, simple past and past participle loused up)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.
    • To be loused up by 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.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 3
  2. (US, informal) To mistreat (someone).

Questions about louses up

What is louses up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Louses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of louse up.

Words near louses up in the dictionary

  1. louselings
  2. louser
  3. lousers
  4. louses
  5. louses around
  6. louses up
  7. lousewort
  8. louseworts
  9. lousey
  10. lousicide
  11. lousicides

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