screw up
Example Sentences
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“If we screw up and can’t fix it, we should fail, and other companies will continue on doing good work and servicing customers,” Altman wrote in a lengthy X post.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
In other words: “We screwed up, but we can screw up better.”
From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025
Chairman Andrew Cavenagh insists Rangers did not "screw up" the process to appoint head coach Danny Rohl but admits it looked "clunky" from the outside.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
Mary already has the foundational skills for library work when she barks at Derrick not to screw up the “order” of her designer denim on a rack, she just doesn’t know it yet.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025
Once the whistle blew, she allowed her players to be themselves: to screw up, to take chances.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
