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screwing over

screwing over is the present participle and gerund of screw over.

Meaning of screw over

Verb

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

  1. (mildly, slang, transitive, vulgar) To 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.

Questions about screwing over

What is screwing over the present participle and gerund of?
Screwing over is the present participle and gerund of screw over.

Words near screwing over in the dictionary

  1. screwing
  2. screwing about
  3. screwing around
  4. screwing back
  5. screwing off
  6. screwing over
  7. screwing the pooch
  8. screwing up
  9. screwing up one's courage
  10. screwing with
  11. screwing, nutting and bolting

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