screw up

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make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up"
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make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
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screw or turn higher
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twist into a strained configuration; "screw up one''s face"