āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
screw up
/skÉšËuË ËĘp/
to screw up
[phrase form: screw]
01
āύāώā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to ruin a situation through mistakes or poor judgment
Transitive: to screw up a situation
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt a sinking feeling in her stomach after realizing she had screwed up the project.
āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĄā§āĻŦā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāϰāϞ āϝāĻāύ āϏ⧠āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ āϝ⧠āϏ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āύāώā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§
to intensify a situation or problem
Transitive: to screw up a problem
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do n't tell the boss - that will just screw up the situation even more.
āĻŦāϏāĻā§ āĻŦāϞ⧠āύāĻž - āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŽā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻŽā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§
to twist one's face into an expression of discomfort, displeasure, or tension
Transitive: to screw up one's face
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The actor screwed up his face to imitate a comical expression during the performance.
āĻ
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϏā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϤā§āĻāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
04
āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻāϧāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āϏā§āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻž
to fasten something by rotating it often in a clockwise direction
Transitive: to screw up sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The technician needed to screw the wires up to connect the electronic components.
āĻā§āĻāύāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύāĻā§ āĻāϞā§āĻāĻā§āϰāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏā§āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻĒ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05
āĻŽā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§, āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŽā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§
to fold something by twisting it tightly
Transitive: to screw up a piece of paper or fabric
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She screwed the paper up into a tight ball and tossed it into the recycling bin.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻŦāϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻŽā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧠āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
06
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause someone to be emotionally or mentally disturbed
Transitive: to screw up sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Failing the exam completely screwed her up for weeks.
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