screw up
phrasal verbscrew up
- (slang) to deal with a situation very badly synonym mess up
- You really screwed up there!
screw somebody up
- (slang) to upset or confuse somebody so much that they are not able to deal with problems in their life
- Her father's death really screwed her up.
screw something up
- to fasten something with screws
- to screw up a crate
- (British English) to fasten something by turning it
- I screwed up the jar and put it back on the shelf.
- (slang) to do something badly or cause something to fail
- Don't screw it up this time.
- It was his life and if he screwed it up—too bad!