screw over

Meanings

verbscrew over (third-person singular simple present screws over, present participle screwing over, simple past and past participle screwed over)

present singular third person screws over · participle present screwing over · participle past screwed over · past screwed over

mildlyslangtransitivevulgarTo cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.
I would have won the game but you screwed me over when I landed on Mayfair.
1 more example
If you didn't betray your most reliable ally just so you could win in a game of soccer, you wouldn't have screwed yourself over by getting reprimanded and disqualified in front of everyone.
Synonyms: dick around, fuck over

verbTo cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.

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Also see

Polish dymać, wydymać

Russian одурачить, облапошить

одурачить (oduračitʹ)to cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation
облапошить (oblapošitʹ)to cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation
подложить свинью (podložitʹ svinʹju)to cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation
обломить (oblomitʹ)to cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation

Spanish timar, joder

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