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screw up
 
VERB:Slang. 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, HELP.
 
 
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