screw something (on)(to something)
- screw something (on)(to something)
screw something (on)(to something)
to attach something to something by the use of screws or other threaded fasteners. •
Screw the bracket onto the wall, will you?
•
Screw on the bracket to the wall.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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