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Definition of screw up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

screw up

phrasal verb
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screw up
  1. (slang) to deal with a situation very badly synonym mess up
    • You really screwed up there!
    related noun screw-up
screw somebody up
  1. (slang) to upset or confuse somebody so much that they are not able to deal with problems in their life
    • Her father's death really screwed her up.
    see also screwed-up
screw something up
  1. to fasten something with screws
    • to screw up a crate
  2. (British English) to fasten something by turning it
    • I screwed up the jar and put it back on the shelf.
  3. (slang) to do something badly or cause something to fail
    • Don't screw it up this time.
    • It was his life and if he screwed it up—too bad!
    related noun screw-up
See screw up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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