foul-up

foul-up
[ˈfaʊlʌp]
sustantivo
1metedura (f) or (familiar)metida (f) de pata (Am)

foul-up [ˈfaʊlʌp] (informal)
noun
desastre; (m)
the whole problem was due to a communications foul-up there was a computer foul-up in the American embassy in Sudan why is he leaving so much earlier than planned - if this isn't a foul-up, what is?

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