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  • past participle of screw.
  • past tense form of screw.
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screwed

[skrood] / skrud /


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“Even if we won close and kind of ugly,” Kiffin said, “the whole story would have been, ‘I screwed the team up.’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

The klan was a handful of misfits who screwed up everything they tried to do.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

If Netflix gets into the office supplies business, then we’re really screwed.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

They can be lifted by hand and screwed into place in days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

I even screwed up my face and flounced my hands about, as if imitating her snobby behavior.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline




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