screw up

Example Sentences

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Logs can smoosh as they chill; imprecise slices screw up bake times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

In other words: “We screwed up, but we can screw up better.”

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

Chairman Andrew Cavenagh insists Rangers did not "screw up" the process to appoint head coach Danny Rohl but admits it looked "clunky" from the outside.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Or maybe our stubborn myopia is what this Superman means when he says, “I screw up all the time but that is being human.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

“I’m just not used to talking in public. I’m scared I’ll screw up, and everybody laughs at me.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith