screw (sth) up
informal— phrasal verb with screw uk/skruː/us/skruː/verb
to make a mistake, or to spoil something:
I totally screwed up the chemistry exam.
Just don't screw up this time.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Failing and doing badly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls-up
- be running on empty idiom
- beat a dead horse idiom
- crack
- crash
- draw
- fail
- fall apart
- flunk out
- fray around/at the edges idiom
- fumble
- get off on the right/wrong foot idiom
- give up on sb/sth
- sink like a stone idiom 1
- sink like a stone
- so much for sth idiom
- stagnate
- strike out
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