screw
Example Sentences
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“But I think the basketball stuff is really what differentiates the experience…knowing how to work in a team, how to build relationships, being able to handle constructive feedback when you screw up.”
GRACE, Hope you don’t screw up multiplying 7 .
From Literature
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He scowled at me, and I smiled back my most winning watch me screw this up for you smile.
From Literature
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"He'll hold my hand, he tracks, he communicates and expresses an emotion through his eyes, facial movements," she said, "so he'll smile, cry, screw his face up if not too happy about something."
From BBC
As is well-known, AI can screw up even the simplest facts, or just hallucinate and invent details, so it pays to check everything.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.