How to translate this phrase "screw up"

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screw up

verb

To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess: ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff, spoil. Informal bollix up, muck up. Slang blow1, goof up, louse up, snafu. Idioms: make a muck of. See correct/incorrect, help/harm/harmless.





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screw up

Muster or summon up; see pluck up one's courage.
Make a mess of an undertaking; also, make a mistake, as in I really screwed up this report, or She said she was sorry, admitting that she had screwed up. Some authorities believe this usage is a euphemism for **** up. [Slang; c. 1940]
Injure, damage, as in I screwed up my back lifting all those heavy books. [Slang]
Make neurotic or anxious, as in Her family really screwed her up, but her therapist has helped her a lot. [Slang; mid-1900s]

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