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nause up

nause up verb: to botch or ruin; to make a mess of.

Verb

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

  1. (slang, transitive) To botch or ruin; to make a mess of.
    • You naused up your place in this family and you did it with malice.2014, Martina Cole, The Good Life
    • How can something so simple be naused up by so many people?2022, Stephen B. Charles, Table for Two, Mr Sparrowhawk?

Forms of nause up

third-person singular presentnauses up
present participlenausing up
past participlenaused up
pastnaused up

Questions about nause up

What does nause up mean?
Nause up means to botch or ruin; to make a mess of.
What part of speech is nause up?
Nause up is a verb.
What is the past tense of nause up?
The past tense of nause up is naused up.

Words near nause up in the dictionary

  1. Nauruz
  2. Nauryz
  3. naus
  4. nauscopy
  5. nause
  6. nause up
  7. nausea
  8. nauseae
  9. nauseant
  10. nauseants
  11. nauseas

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