Verb
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twist into a strained configuration
"screw up one's face"
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screw or turn higher
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make a mess of, destroy or ruin
"I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
"the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
- botch up - ball up - muck up - bollix up - bollocks up - louse up - foul up - mess up - fuck up -
make more intense
"Emotions were screwed up"
- heat up - hot up