screw up

screw up
vt
1) (with screws)
to \screw up up <-> sth etw zuschrauben
2) (by turning)
to \screw up up <-> sth etw zudrehen;
to \screw up sth up tight etw fest zudrehen;
to \screw up a nut/screw up tightly eine Mutter/Schraube anziehen
3) (twist and crush)
to \screw up up <-> sth etw zusammenknüllen;
to \screw up sth up in[to] a ball etw zu einem Knäuel [zusammen]knüllen
4) (twist into a shape)
to \screw up up one's eyes blinzeln;
to \screw up up one's face/mouth das Gesicht/den Mund verziehen;
she \screw uped up her mouth into a pout sie zog einen Schmollmund
5) (sl);
to \screw up up <-> sth (spoil) etw vermasseln (fam) (fail, do badly) etw verpatzen [o vermasseln] [o verhauen] (fam)
to \screw up it/things up Mist bauen (fam)
6) (sl: make anxious, neurotic)
to \screw up up <-> sb jdn verkorksen (fam)
his mother's death has really \screw uped him up der Tod seiner Mutter hat ihn ganz aus der Bahn geworfen vi
1) (tighten) sich akk zuschrauben lassen; nut sich akk anziehen lassen
2) (sl: fail, make a mess)
to \screw up up [on sth] [bei etw dat] Mist bauen (fam); [o (sl) Murks machen]

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