slang depicting that a mistake was made
very puzzled, confused or worried
to ruin something
to make something into a smaller shape by compacting it
to mentally prepare yourself for something
to become mentally confused or neurotic
to damage or injure yourself
crumple
twist
distort
contort
crinkle
scrunch
crunch
I really screwed up this time. My wife will never forgive me for forgetting her birthday.
You screwed up when you called your boss by the wrong name.
I screwed up the cake when I forgot to add eggs to it.
He screwed up the television by pressing random buttons on the remote.
Mom, Johnny screwed up my painting and threw it in the fire!
He needs to screw up the courage to ask her out.
Getting divorced has really screwed him up.
I screwed up my knee when I tripped over that brick last weekend.
There is no origin for this idiom
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