"screw over" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-screw over.ogg Forms: screws over [present, singular, third-person], screwing over [participle, present], screwed over [participle, past], screwed over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} screw over (third-person singular simple present screws over, present participle screwing over, simple past and past participle screwed over)
  1. (transitive, slang, mildly vulgar) To cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation. Tags: mildly, slang, transitive, vulgar Synonyms: dick around, fuck over Related terms: screw around, screwed, screw up Translations (to cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation): одурачить (oduračitʹ) (Russian), облапошить (oblapošitʹ) (Russian), подложить свинью (podložitʹ svinʹju) (Russian), обломить (oblomitʹ) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, slang, mildly vulgar) To cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation."
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      "roman": "oduračitʹ",
      "sense": "to cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation",
      "word": "одурачить"
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      "roman": "oblapošitʹ",
      "sense": "to cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation",
      "word": "облапошить"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podložitʹ svinʹju",
      "sense": "to cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation",
      "word": "подложить свинью"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oblomitʹ",
      "sense": "to cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation",
      "word": "обломить"
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