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Screw up has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

make more intense

"Emotions were screwed up"

2

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

"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

"screw up one's face"

5

To tighten or secure with screws.

Example Sentences
"Emotions were screwed up" verb
"I botched the dinner and we had to eat out" verb
"the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" verb
"screw up one's face" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
intensify fail screw grimace
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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