What does screw up mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. heat up, hot up, screw upverb

    make more intense

    "Emotions were screwed up"

  2. botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck upverb

    make a mess of, destroy or ruin

    "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

  3. screw upverb

    screw or turn higher

  4. screw upverb

    twist into a strained configuration

    "screw up one's face"

Wiktionary

  1. screw upverb

    To tighten or secure with screws.

  2. screw upverb

    To raise (rent, fees, etc.) to extortionate levels.

  3. screw upverb

    To twist into a contorted state

  4. screw upverb

    To make a mess of; to ruin.

  5. screw upverb

    To blunder; to make a mistake.

Wikipedia

  1. Screw Up

    Screw Up is the 1994 debut studio album by Japanese group Super Junky Monkey. It showcased their fusion of rap, hardcore, punk, and funk music. It was released in Japan and, in 1995, the United States.

ChatGPT

  1. screw up

    "Screw up" is an informal phrase which refers to making a mistake or doing something incorrectly. It often involves mishandling a task, creating a problematic situation, or failing to achieve a desired result. The term can be used in a wide range of contexts, from personal to professional scenarios.

Wikidata

  1. SCREW UP

    Screw Up is the 1995 debut full-length album by Japanese group Super Junky Monkey. It showcased their fusion of rap, hardcore, punk, and funk music. It was released in Japan and the United States.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of screw up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of screw up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of screw up in a Sentence

  1. Mary Bertone:

    But screw up your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail.

  2. Mikel Elliott:

    [Renting] trucks and trailers is not a sexy business, you can provide the best service, but if you screw up the invoice and how you handle any damages with a client, forget about it—they won’t come back.

  3. Doug Quinn:

    I try to have my guys make lists that we can discuss at the end of the day, 'What did I do well?' 'What did I screw up?' 'How am I gonna learn from this tomorrow?' 'Who came in tonight?' 'What should we know about them?' That kinda thing.

  4. Joel Miller:

    What we have to remember is that not everything is under our control. If people are free in any meaningful sense of the word, that means they are at liberty to foul up their lives as much as make something grand of them. That's a gamble we all take. That's the risk of liberty. Nobody wants others to screw up their lives, but each must be free to do so for themselves.

  5. Amy Martin:

    Quinn: Do you know what I have been doing that would have cured me? Fine! I'll tell you. I've been sliding through an interdimensional wormhole seeing how ways people like you can screw up civilization!!!!!!


Translations for screw up

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  • našponovat, šroubovat, šponovat, zašroubovat, vyhnat, podělat, zorat, zpackat, zbodat, přemrštitCzech
  • پیچ کردنPersian
  • kiristää, mämmätä, äärimmilleen, tyriä, kiinni, möhliä, vääntää, ruuvataFinnish
  • gafferFrench
  • przyśrubować, spieprzyćPolish
  • запороть, завинчивать, завинтить, напортачитьRussian

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