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screw up

verb

  1. to twist out of shape or distort
  2. to summon up or call upon

    to screw up one's courage

  3. informal.
    also intr to mishandle or make a mess (of)
  4. informal.
    often passive to cause to become very anxious, confused, or nervous

    he is really screwed up about his exams

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. slang.
    something mishandled or done badly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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“Everything Trump touches he screws up. I don’t know why he thinks these tariffs are such a good idea, but who knows how his brain works? I sure as hell don’t.â€

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I don't think he cares much what they do but he's got to remember that it all blows back on him when they screw up.

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“She’s given the insurance commissioner whatever he wants to do, which is screw up the system,†Court said.

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"As a new parent myself," she continued, "I felt scared at the idea that I might somehow screw up, and my child would reject me."

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Hunter may have been singled out for prosecution, but Hunter did in fact screw up.

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