nause up

English

Verb

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

1. (transitive, slang) To botch or ruin; to make a mess of.
   • 2014, Martina Cole, The Good Life:

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

   • 2022, Stephen B. Charles, Table for Two, Mr Sparrowhawk?:

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