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screw up

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: screw up

1
 v
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
2
 v
twist into a strained configuration
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: screw up
1

v make a mess of, destroy or ruin

“the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement”
Synonyms:
ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, spoil
Type of:
fail, go wrong, miscarry
be unsuccessful

v make more intense

“Emotions were screwed up”
Synonyms:
heat up, hot up
Type of:
compound, deepen, heighten, intensify
make more intense, stronger, or more marked
2

v twist into a strained configuration

“screw up one's face”
Type of:
grimace, make a face, pull a face
contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state

v screw or turn higher

Type of:
screw
turn like a screw
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