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screw-up definition

screw·-up or screwup screw′·up′ (skro̵̅o̅up′)

noun

  1. a serious mistake; blunder; mess
  2. a person who screws up

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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