screw up
This page is about the phrasal verb screw up
INFORMAL
Meaning
If you screw something up, you ruin it or you do it the wrong way.
Synonym
muck up (informal), mess up, ruin
For example
- screw up Louise really screwed up this time. We paid a lot for a fancy brochure about our seminar - and she put the wrong dates on it!
- screw sth up If she screws anything else up, she'll lose her job.
Nouns often used as objects with screw up: job, exam, test, interview, presentation, demonstration
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