Stop screwing off and finish your homework.
screw off
idiomTo fail to do one's work; to goof off.
The manager got angry because the employees were screwing off instead of helping the customers.
Despite the looming deadline, the team continued to screw off, seemingly indifferent to the professional consequences of their negligence.
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screw it
Expression of frustration or contempt.
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screw the pooch
to make a large mistake, to fail in dramatic and ignominious fashion.
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screw this
A much less offensive version of fuck this.
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screw you
less offensive version of fuck you.
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turn of the screw
One step in a gradual imposition of restrictions.
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turn the screw
To increase the pressure of a situation.