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screw

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HAVE A SCREW LOOSE,

PUT ON THE SCREWS.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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have a screw loose

[have a screw loose] {v. phr.}, {slang} To act in a strange way; to be foolish. * /Now I know he has a screw loose - he stole a police […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[screw around] {v. phr.}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} To hang around idly without accomplishing anything, to loaf about, to beat or hack around. * /You guys are no longer welcome here; all […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

screw-up

[screw-up] {n.} A mistake; an error; a confusing mess. * /"What a screw-up!" the manager cried, when he realized that the bills were sent to the wrong customers./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[screw up one's courage] or [pluck up one's courage] {v. phr.} To force yourself to be brave. * /The small boy screwed up his courage and went upstairs in the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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