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screw up

Dictionary definition · screw up

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"
  3. screw or turn higher
  4. twist into a strained configuration"screw up one's face"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).