screw-upnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈskruː.ʌp//ˈskruː.ʌp/informala situation in which you do something badly or make a big mistake:
There's beeen a screw-up with our hotel reservation.
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Faults and mistakes
- a blot on sb's character idiom
- aberration
- Achilles heel
- adrift
- black mark
- chink
- clinker
- creep in/creep into sth
- errata
- erratum
- error
- failing
- false alarm
- false move
- irregularity
- lapse
- loophole
- misprint
- misspell
- mistake
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