The phrase "fuck things up" is correct and usable in written English, though it is informal and vulgar.
It can be used to describe causing problems or making mistakes in a situation.
Example: "I really didn't mean to fuck things up during the presentation; I was just nervous."
Alternatives: "mess things up" or "screw things up."
I just can't live with you because you always fuck things up".
Because you always fuck things up, his wife, ex-wife, whispered.
We laugh at it and we hope he doesn't fuck things up too badly.
The law of unintended consequences will always fuck things up for you in the end.
The number of ways by which restaurants have to fuck things up, the bad ones, leaves me speechless — for a little while, until I sit down to write".
"As long as Houston and Big Oil are happy, we're not going to say anything to fuck things up".
According to a witness account, the skipper repeatedly punched and kicked the inspector, threatened his life and shouted: "You fucked things up for me.
Flashes, a darker take on the effect her increased fame and attention has had on those around her, points out that when she "fucks things up" a camera flashes.
But it wasn't long before the pain became so overwhelmingly obvious that, in order to keep denying it, I would've had to have done something a lot more drastic than what I eventually did, which was just admit that I'd fucked things up, and that it sucked, but that if I took responsibility for changing, I could meet somebody in future and not fuck things up there.
But it wasn't long before the pain became so overwhelmingly obvious that, in order to keep denying it, I would've had to have done something a lot more drastic than what I eventually did, which was just admit that I'd fucked things up, and that it sucked, but that if I took responsibility for changing, I could meet somebody in the future and not fuck things up there.
