Meaning of screw up in English
Pronunciation
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Verb
screw upDefinitions
1. make more intenseExamples
- « Emotions were screwed up »
- 2. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Examples
- « I botched the dinner and we had to eat out »
- « the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement »
- 3. screw or turn higher
- 4. twist into a strained configuration
Examples
- « screw up one's face »