What does louper in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word louper in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use louper in French.

The word louper in French means miss, mess up, miss, go wrong, miss each other, miss one another, botch, bungle, not get it wrong, miss the boat. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word louper

miss

verbe transitif (familier (rater, manquer)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Pour une minute de retard, j'ai loupé mon train.
I was just one minute late, but I missed my train.

mess up

verbe transitif (familier (ne pas réussir, échouer à) (informal)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Evan a loupé son examen de fin d'année. Julien a loupé sa mayonnaise, elle est retombée.
Evan flunked his end-of-year exam.

miss

verbe transitif (familier (manquer une opportunité)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Eh voilà ! tu as encore loupé une bonne occasion de te taire.
And there we have it. You have once again passed up a great opportunity to keep your mouth shut!

go wrong

verbe intransitif (familier (ne pas réussir, échouer)

Si tu t'y prends comme ça, tout va louper ! Les bons plans de Frédéric loupent une fois sur deux.
Frederic's great ideas go awry as often as not.

miss each other, miss one another

verbe pronominal (familier (ne pas être en même temps au même endroit)

C'est bête ! On s'est loupés de cinq minutes.
It's so annoying! We missed each other by five minutes.

botch, bungle

verbe pronominal (familier (manquer une tentative de suicide) (suicide)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il a voulu se suicider mais il s'est loupé.
He wanted to commit suicide but he botched it.

not get it wrong

locution verbale (familier (ne pas faire d'erreur) (informal)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Nous ne devons pas nous louper dans ce dossier.

miss the boat

locution verbale (manquer une occasion) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
J'ai raté le coche, j'aurais dû lui demander tant qu'il était là.

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