Screwed/Screwed over
Hi.
Let's say that a husband has been cheating on his wife and his friend has told the wife, so now the husband is feeling screwed (over) because his friend has let him down.
Is the "over" required to understand the meaning?
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Both make sense within the context, but no, you would not need "over" to understand. However, "screwed over" would be the better choice because it implies that someone else was the cause and that there may have been malice behind the action. "Screwed" by itself could mean a wider variety of things that don't necessarily connect to other people.
- Both make sense within the context, but no, you would not need "over" to understand.
- However, "screwed over" would be the better choice because it implies that someone else was the cause and that there may have been malice behind the action.
- "Screwed" by itself could mean a wider variety of things that don't necessarily connect to other people.
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Both make sense within the context, but no, you would not need "over" to understand.
However, "screwed over" would be the better choice because it implies that someone else was the cause and that there may have been malice behind the action. "Screwed" by itself could mean a wider variety of things that don't necessarily connect to other people.
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