- screw someone around
- screw someone aroundInf. to harass or bother someone. •
Don't screw me around, man! I bite back!
•Max got tired of being screwed around by Lefty.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
Don't screw me around, man! I bite back!
•Max got tired of being screwed around by Lefty.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
screw — noun 1》 a short, slender, sharp pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running around it and a slotted head, used to join things together by being rotated in under pressure. ↘a cylinder with a helical ridge or thread running round the … English new terms dictionary
screw — /skru / (say skrooh) noun 1. a metal device having a slotted head and a tapering body with a helical ridge usually driven into wood with the aid of a screwdriver to assemble and secure parts of a building construction, furniture, etc. 2. a… …
screw — 1 noun 1 (C) a thin pointed piece of metal that you push and turn in order to fasten pieces of metal or wood together: Tighten the screws on the plug. 2 (C) slang taboo an act of having sex 3 have a screw loose informal often humorous to be… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
screw */ — I UK [skruː] / US [skru] verb Word forms screw : present tense I/you/we/they screw he/she/it screws present participle screwing past tense screwed past participle screwed 1) [transitive] to fasten one thing to another using screws Next screw the… … English dictionary
screw around with someone — screw around (with (someone)) 1. to have sex with someone who is not your regular partner. I think I saw the guy that she s been screwing around with. 2. to annoy someone by wasting their time. You ll be sorry if you screw around with Captain… … New idioms dictionary
screw around with — screw around (with (someone)) 1. to have sex with someone who is not your regular partner. I think I saw the guy that she s been screwing around with. 2. to annoy someone by wasting their time. You ll be sorry if you screw around with Captain… … New idioms dictionary
screw around — (with (someone)) 1. to have sex with someone who is not your regular partner. I think I saw the guy that she s been screwing around with. 2. to annoy someone by wasting their time. You ll be sorry if you screw around with Captain Legore … New idioms dictionary
screw — screw1 [skru:] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: escroe inner screw, nut , from Latin scrofa female pig ] 1.) a thin pointed piece of metal that you push and turn in order to fasten pieces of metal or wood together →↑nail ▪ Fix the frame… … Dictionary of contemporary English
screw — [[t]skru͟ː[/t]] screws, screwing, screwed 1) N COUNT A screw is a metal object similar to a nail, with a raised spiral line around it. You turn a screw using a screwdriver so that it goes through two things, for example two pieces of wood, and… … English dictionary
screw around — intransitive verb slang : to waste or pass time : loiter got all night to screw around here Richard Bissell * * * 1) vulgar slang have many different sexual partners 2) informal fool around * * * screw around [phrasal verb] chiefly US informal … Useful english dictionary
screw — screwable, adj. screwer, n. screwless, adj. screwlike, adj. /skrooh/, n. 1. a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, esp. by means of a screwdriver. 2 … Universalium