if you screw up your eyes, you close them tightly
if you screw up your face, you pull your forehead down and push your mouth and nose up, usually to show that you dislike something
to make a serious mistake, or to spoil something, especially a situation
to make someone feel so upset or confused that their whole personality is affected, often permanently
to make something into a smaller shape by squeezing or twisting it
to prepare mentally for doing something difficult
Divorce doesn’t have to screw your children up.
He made a bad decision that screwed up his entire life.
I really screwed up this time, didn’t I?
I’m trying to screw up enough nerve to ask her a favour.
Several pages had been screwed up and tossed in the basket.
Sometimes a physical change like that can screw up your cycle.
The name is a classic Ellis Island screw-up, Italian by way of Hungary.
screws up
screwing up
screwed up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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