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screwing up

VERB

make a mess of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

botch bungle confuse flub muddle spoil

WEAK

blow bobble bollix foul up goof goof up louse make hash of mess mess up mishandle mismanage muck up muff snafu

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear up do well enlighten explain order organize succeed

Example Sentences

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“I guess we’ll call this screwing up the second half of my spin a dramatic finish,” Levito said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

"We need to refocus our efforts on screwing up mitosis -- on making chromosomal segregation worse."

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2023

The awkwardness of screwing up in front of strangers, butchering their language and sweating while you raid the mind’s dusty corners for a verb conjugation, is not to be found here.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2023

“Today, after the whole neighborhood has been upset about this giant pothole that’s been screwing up cars and bicycles for weeks, I went out with my team and fixed it,” Schwarzenegger said in a tweet.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2023

He just couldn’t imagine a way to correctly predict the other Katherines without screwing up the ones he’d already gotten down pat.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green