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What is another word for fouling up?

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Present participle for to muddle or make a mess of something

Present participle for ruin or foil

Present participle for to spoil or be the one bad feature of

Present participle for to cause disarray or disorganization in the order of

Present participle for to hamper or get in the way of

Present participle for to disturb the composure of

Present participle for to fail to have the intended effect or result

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Present participle for to muddle or make a mess of something

making a pig's ear of

doing something badly

making a dog's dinner of

putting your foot in it

falling on one's face

putting a spanner in the works

making a dog's breakfast

hashing up

making a mess

blotting your copybook

snarling up

barking up the wrong tree

getting the wrong end of the stick

getting signals crossed

making a mistake about

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“If you do anything to foul up their plans, they'll come down hard on you.”

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Present participle for ruin or foil

rendering ineffective

putting the kibosh on

making of no use or value

baulking^UK

balking^US

upsetting the applecart

putting the mockers on

standing in the way of

putting the lid on

throwing a spanner in the works

putting a spoke in someone's wheel

playing havoc with

putting the stopper on

cooking someone's goose

making a hash of

quashing

nipping in the bud

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

taking the wind out of your sails

giving the run around

getting the better of

taking wind out of sails

raining on someone's parade

halting in its tracks

throwing monkey wrench in

throwing a monkey wrench in the works

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Present participle for to spoil or be the one bad feature of

putting the kibosh on

pulverizing^US

pulverising^UK

vaporizing^US

levelling^UK

leveling^US

vaporising^UK

putting out of action

putting out of commission

throwing a monkey wrench into

vandalizing^US

vandalising^UK

discoloring^US

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

obliterating

having a bad effect on

cramping

having a negative effect on

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

raining on someone's parade

playing merry hell with

driving a nail into the coffin of

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Present participle for to cause disarray or disorganization in the order of

ravelling^UK

raveling^US

getting into a tangle

throwing into disorder

throwing into confusion

throwing into disarray

throwing a spanner in the works

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

making more difficult

making complicated

making difficulties

rendering unintelligible

bringing into disorder

bringing into disarray

gumming up

reorganizing^US

unbalancing

throwing into a state of disorganization

upsetting the applecart

forgetting where one has put something

placing wrongly

losing track of

forgetting whereabouts of

removing

putting in wrong place

placing unwisely

forgetting the whereabouts of

putting in the wrong place

leaving behind

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Present participle for to hamper or get in the way of

baulking^UK

balking^US

standing in the way of

getting in the way

shutting down

shutting off

getting in the way of

saddling with

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

throwing a spanner in the works

giving a hard time

cramping one's style

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Present participle for to disturb the composure of

baulking^UK

balking^US

stopping someone in their tracks

putting someone off their stroke

making someone scratch their head

putting out of countenance

putting someone off their stride

setting someone back on their heels

causing to be at a stand

upsetting the applecart

terrorizing^US

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

terrorising^UK

filling with consternation

messing up

throwing into a tizzy

setting someone thinking

blowing your mind

muddying

knocking the stuffing out of

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

taking the wind out of your sails

wounding

taking your breath away

causing someone to lose their composure

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

making self-conscious

scaring the bejesus out of

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

making one's hair stand on end

making one's blood run cold

weighing on

hurting somebody's feelings

cutting to the quick

rankling with

putting one away

making someone jump out of their skin

causing anxiety

giving a shock

shooting down

knocking over with feather

knocking over

making your head spin

messing with one's head

causing discomfort to

taking down a peg or two

galvanizing^US

blinding someone with something

galvanising^UK

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

snowing

shattering

arousing

scaring the daylights out of

giving someone a jolt

giving someone a fright

getting on one's nerves

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

shattering the illusions of

dampening the spirits of

breaking the heart of

enfeebling

raising someone's eyebrows

hitting like ton of bricks

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

tyrannizing^US

rubbing up the wrong way

putting your back up

giving offence

putting someone's nose out of joint

causing offense

turning off

treading on someone's toes

scaring the pants off

tyrannising^UK

giving someone goose pimples

scaring someone out of their wits

scaring the living daylights out of

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

chilling to the marrow

mau-mauing

putting the fear of God into

throwing into a blue funk

pushing around

stirring

throwing into a fright

letting wind out of sails

knocking down

puncturing balloon

letting down easy

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

scaring someone half to death

dishonoring^US

putting someone in their place

taking down a peg

giving a black eye

making someone feel ashamed

making someone eat crow

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Present participle for to fail to have the intended effect or result

coming apart at the seams

going down like a lead balloon

falling by the wayside

meeting with disaster

not coming up to scratch

punching below one's weight

coming unwrapped

not showing

bringing to naught

falling short of expectations

unraveling^US

unravelling^UK

falling flat on your face

sinking without trace

failing miserably

blowing it

going out of business

bombing out

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