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Definition of screw up

twist into a strained configuration; "screw up one''s face"
make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up"
screw or turn higher
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"

Derivational Morphology: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo, ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up, fluff, bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, spoil, spoiling, spoilage, screwup

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