screw up
Example Sentences
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"I was able to screw up as a teenager and not have it filmed and amplified all over the place."
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
Trees have less dramatic ways to screw up your day: Their roots can infiltrate cracks in septic or sewage pipes, blocking the system and wreaking expensive, smelly havoc.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
In other words: “We screwed up, but we can screw up better.”
From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025
Mary already has the foundational skills for library work when she barks at Derrick not to screw up the “order” of her designer denim on a rack, she just doesn’t know it yet.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025
Whenever I screw up or mouth off, I miraculously become a young man.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
