screw it

idiom

informal + impolite
: forget it
Screw it, I'm not waiting around forever.

Examples of screw it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Cummings thought that Johnson would probably screw it up. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024 Loot is the raison d’être of the genre; screw it up, and your game’s dead on arrival. Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 30 May 2023 Setup is also incredibly easy — just screw it into your light fixture, connect it to your phone via your home wi-fi, and the app will take care of the rest. Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023 To install, drill a pilot hole then insert the anchor and tap or screw it into place, flush against the wall. Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2023 As an actor, his instincts were spot-on, but his intellect would screw it all up. Stuart Miller, Washington Post, 30 May 2023 To add these cleats, cut a 2x4 to at least 1 foot in length and nail or screw it into the joist just below the removed board. Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2022 As an actor, his instincts were spot-on, but his intellect would screw it all up. Stuart Miller, Washington Post, 30 May 2023 Now all Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch have to do is not screw it up. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2023

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“Screw it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screw%20it. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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