screw up
Example Sentences
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Logs can smoosh as they chill; imprecise slices screw up bake times.
“I catch crocodiles, and a crocodile has never managed to screw up my ribs like that,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
When a robot screws up, Amazon pushes a software patch at 3 a.m. and the million-plus fleet gets smarter overnight.
From MarketWatch
Folding clothes is an repetitive task that doesn’t depend on sensory feedback, and if the robot screws up the process, no one is likely to be injured or killed.
From Los Angeles Times
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
