"screwed the pooch" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-screwed the pooch.ogg
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  1. simple past and past participle of screw the pooch (slang) (To have screwed up or to have made a mistake.) Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: screw the pooch (extra: (slang) (To have screwed up or to have made a mistake.))
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