screw over
Verb
Meaning
screw over (third-person singular simple present screws over, present participle screwing over, simple past and past participle screwed over)
(transitive, slang, mildly 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.
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Thanks to the way your brain is wired, you're likely to screw over your future in order to stay loyal to decisions you made in the past.