screw up

screw up
transitive verb
1) (crumple up) zusammenknüllen [Blatt Papier]
2) verziehen [Gesicht]; zusammenkneifen [Augen, Mund]
3) (sl.): (bungle) vermurksen (ugs.); vermasseln (salopp)

screw it/things up — Mist bauen (salopp)

4)

screw up one's courage — sich (Dat.) ein Herz fassen

* * *
1) (to twist or wrinkle (the face or features): The baby screwed up its face and began to cry.) verziehen
2) (to crumple: She screwed up the letter.) zerknüllen
3) ((slang) to bungle; to make a mess of: He screwed up again; Plan it carefully - I don't want you to screw things up.)
* * *
screw up
I. vt
1. (with screws)
to \screw up up ⇆ sth etw zuschrauben
2. (by turning)
to \screw up up ⇆ sth etw zudrehen
to \screw up sth up tight etw fest zudrehen
to \screw up a nut/screw up tightly eine Mutter/Schraube anziehen
3. (twist and crush)
to \screw up up ⇆ sth etw zusammenknüllen
to \screw up sth up in[to] a ball etw zu einem Knäuel [zusammen]knüllen
4. (twist into a shape)
to \screw up up one's eyes blinzeln
to \screw up up one's face/mouth das Gesicht/den Mund verziehen
she \screw uped up her mouth into a pout sie zog einen Schmollmund
5. (sl)
to \screw up up ⇆ sth (spoil) etw vermasseln fam; (fail, do badly) etw verpatzen [o vermasseln] [o verhauen] fam
to \screw up it/things up Mist bauen fam
6. (sl: make anxious, neurotic)
to \screw up up ⇆ sb jdn verkorksen fam
his mother's death has really \screw uped him up der Tod seiner Mutter hat ihn ganz aus der Bahn geworfen
II. vi
1. (tighten) sich akk zuschrauben lassen; nut sich akk anziehen lassen
2. (sl: fail, make a mess)
to \screw up up [on sth] [bei etw dat] Mist bauen fam [o sl Murks machen]
* * *
1. vt sep
1) screw, nut anziehen
2) (= crush) paper, material zusammenknüllen, zerknüllen
3) eyes zusammenkneifen; face verziehen

to screw up one's courage — seinen ganzen Mut zusammennehmen

to screw oneself up to do sth — sich aufraffen, etw zu tun

4) (inf: spoil) vermasseln (inf)

he's really screwed things up — er hat da wirklich Scheiße gebaut (inf)

5) (inf: make uptight) sb neurotisch machen

he's so screwed up — der hat einen Schaden (inf)

to be screwed up about sth — sich wegen etw ganz verrückt machen

to get screwed up about sth — sich in etw (acc) hineinsteigern

2. vi
(inf: make a mess) Scheiße bauen (inf) (on sth bei etw)
* * *
transitive verb
1) (crumple up) zusammenknüllen [Blatt Papier]
2) verziehen [Gesicht]; zusammenkneifen [Augen, Mund]
3) (sl.): (bungle) vermurksen (ugs.); vermasseln (salopp)

screw it/things up — Mist bauen (salopp)

4)

screw up one's courage — sich (Dat.) ein Herz fassen


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