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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a screw up" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a mistake or error, often implying a significant or embarrassing failure.
Example: "I made a real screw up when I forgot to submit the report on time."
Alternatives: "a blunder" or "a mistake".
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Yet Another Update: AOL: "This was a screw up".
This was a screw up, and we're angry and upset about it.
It was a screw up, an accident, a case of disconnect between brain and mouth.
Drill a screw up from inside-out.
Failure to do this all properly will likely cause a screw up and make someone very angry.
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What a screw-up.
Again, what a screw-up.
"It was a screw-up".
A. I was a screw-up basically.
"This is a screw-up," he said.
I was a screw-up for a lot of years.
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