screw(something)up
phrasal verbwithscrewverbuk/skruː/us/skruː/
informalto make amistake, or tospoilsomething:
Itotallyscrewedup thechemistryexam.
Just don'tscrewup thistime.
to spoil something
- spoilDon't spoil the movie by telling me what happens!
- ruinI put too much salt in the sauce and ruined it.
- defaceMany of the library books had been defaced.
- disfigureHer face was disfigured by the scar.
- sourOur friendship soured after the argument, and we just drifted apart.
- poisonThe long dispute has poisoned relations between the two countries.
Failing and doing badly
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be on your beam endsidiom
- blow
- bomb
- collapse
- fall to piecesidiom
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- founder
- rebound
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom