screw up
screw
skru:
skroo
up
ƌp
ap
/skɹˈuː ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "screw up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to screw up
[phrase form: screw]
01

āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to ruin a situation through mistakes or poor judgment
Transitive: to screw up a situation
to screw up definition and meaning
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt a sinking feeling in her stomach after realizing she had screwed up the project.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to intensify a situation or problem
Transitive: to screw up a problem
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do n't tell the boss - that will just screw up the situation even more.
āĻŦāϏāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧋ āύāĻž - āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻŽā§‹āϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to twist one's face into an expression of discomfort, displeasure, or tension
Transitive: to screw up one's face
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The actor screwed up his face to imitate a comical expression during the performance.
āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§ŒāϤ⧁āĻ•āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāĻž, āϟāĻžāχāϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to fasten something by rotating it often in a clockwise direction
Transitive: to screw up sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The technician needed to screw the wires up to connect the electronic components.
āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āύāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύāϕ⧇ āχāϞ⧇āĻ•āĻŸā§āϰāύāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁ āφāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻŽā§‹āϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŽā§‹āϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to fold something by twisting it tightly
Transitive: to screw up a piece of paper or fabric
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She screwed the paper up into a tight ball and tossed it into the recycling bin.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŽā§‹āϚāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāϏāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇ āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone to be emotionally or mentally disturbed
Transitive: to screw up sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Failing the exam completely screwed her up for weeks.
āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧇āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ