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"ref": "1954, William Golding, chapter 1, in Lord of the Flies, Penguin:",
"text": "“Where’s the man with the trumpet?” Ralph, sensing his sun-blindness, answered him. “There’s no man with a trumpet. Only me.” The boy came close and peered down at Ralph, screwing up his face as he did so.",
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"ref": "2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:",
"text": "“I asked her if she and your father were related, and she explained who she was. To my eyes, they could be twins!” Gilbert and Auntie Flip\nFrank screwed up his face. “You think so?”",
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"text": "As they were finishing breakfast came the postman with a letter from Derby. Mrs. Morel screwed up her eyes to look at the address.",
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"ref": "1919, Richard Aldington, A Village:",
"text": "[...] Hands deep in pockets, head aslant,\nAnd eyes screwed up against the light [...]",
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"ref": "2015, Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 147:",
"text": "“Why shouldn't it be my fault, right? I screwed up my kid. I screwed up my marriage. I screwed up my fucking life. We don't need to beat around the bush.” He smirked, shook his head.",
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"ref": "2019 September 30, Hank Shteamer, “Future 25: Ethan Diamond, Co-founder of Bandcamp”, in Rolling Stone:",
"text": "Don’t screw this up.” That’s what Bandcamp CEO Ethan Diamond hears over and over again from artists and labels about the company he founded in 2008.",
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"word": "พัง"
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"ref": "2000, Bob Gookin, The President's Man (television production), spoken by Joshua McCord (Chuck Norris):",
"text": "Let me finish… you screwed up, but you screwed up for the right reasons. You're going to make mistakes, but it's how you deal with those mistakes, that's going to make the difference.",
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"To tighten or secure with screws."
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"(transitive) To tighten or secure with screws."
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"ref": "1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 1052:",
"text": "As far as was possible he kept his subjects as mindless fighting-cocks, troops that could be promised to one power if there was a chance of screwing up another power to a bigger subsidy.",
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"ref": "1954, William Golding, chapter 1, in Lord of the Flies, Penguin:",
"text": "“Where’s the man with the trumpet?” Ralph, sensing his sun-blindness, answered him. “There’s no man with a trumpet. Only me.” The boy came close and peered down at Ralph, screwing up his face as he did so.",
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"ref": "2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:",
"text": "“I asked her if she and your father were related, and she explained who she was. To my eyes, they could be twins!” Gilbert and Auntie Flip\nFrank screwed up his face. “You think so?”",
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"To twist into a contorted state."
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"(transitive) To twist into a contorted state."
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"ref": "1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 8”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:",
"text": "As they were finishing breakfast came the postman with a letter from Derby. Mrs. Morel screwed up her eyes to look at the address.",
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"ref": "1919, Richard Aldington, A Village:",
"text": "[...] Hands deep in pockets, head aslant,\nAnd eyes screwed up against the light [...]",
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"ref": "2015, Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 147:",
"text": "“Why shouldn't it be my fault, right? I screwed up my kid. I screwed up my marriage. I screwed up my fucking life. We don't need to beat around the bush.” He smirked, shook his head.",
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"ref": "2019 September 30, Hank Shteamer, “Future 25: Ethan Diamond, Co-founder of Bandcamp”, in Rolling Stone:",
"text": "Don’t screw this up.” That’s what Bandcamp CEO Ethan Diamond hears over and over again from artists and labels about the company he founded in 2008.",
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"To make a mess of; to ruin."
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"(transitive, colloquial) To make a mess of; to ruin."
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"ref": "2000, Bob Gookin, The President's Man (television production), spoken by Joshua McCord (Chuck Norris):",
"text": "Let me finish… you screwed up, but you screwed up for the right reasons. You're going to make mistakes, but it's how you deal with those mistakes, that's going to make the difference.",
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to tighten or secure with screws",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "zašroubovat"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to tighten or secure with screws",
"word": "skrue fast"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to tighten or secure with screws",
"word": "ruuvata"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to tighten or secure with screws",
"word": "ruuvata kiinni"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to tighten or secure with screws",
"word": "zuschrauben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to tighten or secure with screws",
"word": "verschrauben"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to tighten or secure with screws",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "przyśrubować"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zavínčivatʹ",
"sense": "to tighten or secure with screws",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "зави́нчивать"
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"sense": "to tighten or secure with screws",
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"perfective"
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"word": "завинти́ть"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "našponovat"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
"tags": [
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"word": "vyhnat"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
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"sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
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"sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
"word": "kiristää"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to raise to extortionate levels",
"word": "kiristää äärimmilleen"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
"word": "dichtknijpen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
"word": "vääntää"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
"word": "verziehen"
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"code": "mi",
"english": "referring to eyes",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
"word": "kupi"
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{
"code": "mi",
"english": "the eyes with pain",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to twist into a contorted state",
"word": "arohea"
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"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"tags": [
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"tags": [
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"tags": [
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"word": "podělat"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "dumme sig"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "verkloten"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "tyriä"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "möhliä"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
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"colloquial"
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"word": "foirer"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "vermurksen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "verpfuschen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "verhunzen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "verkorksen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "ruinieren"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "elront"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "elszúr"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "elfuserál"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "eltol"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "spieprzyć"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "cagar no pau"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaporótʹ",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "запоро́ть"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
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"word": "chingar"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pang",
"sense": "colloquial: to make a mess of; to ruin",
"word": "พัง"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"word": "errar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"word": "encertar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"word": "tyriä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"word": "möhliä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"word": "mämmätä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"word": "gaffer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "foirer"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"word": "errare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"word": "sbagliare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"word": "erro"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "spieprzyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"word": "errar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "cagar no pau"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naportáčitʹ",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "напорта́чить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"word": "meter la pata"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "cagarla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"word": "errar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: to blunder",
"word": "marrar"
}
],
"word": "screw up"
}
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