foul

/faʊl/ verb

Translation

DIRTY [T] › to make something very dirty

pisletmek, kirletmek

The beaches had been fouled by dogs.143844

SPORT [I, T] › to do something that is against the rules in a sport

faul yapmak, kural dışı hareket etmek

He was fouled as he was about to shoot at goal.1486

foul sth up phrasal verb informal

› to spoil something completely

yüzüne gözüne bulaştırmak, bozmak, berbat etmek

The travel company completely fouled up our holiday.18521973

(Definition of foul verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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