(make a mess of)
1make a mess of — index muddle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2make a mess of — MISMANAGE, mishandle, bungle, fluff, spoil, ruin, wreck; informal mess up, botch, make a hash of, muck up, foul up; Brit. informal make a pig s ear of, make a Horlicks of, cock up. → mess * * * make a mess of : to ruin (something) or to make many …
3make a mess of doing something — make a mess of (doing) something phrase to make a lot of mistakes when you are doing or dealing with something Tom felt he had made a mess of his life. Thesaurus: to make a mistake, or to do something badlysynonym Main entry: mess …
4make a mess of (something) — 1. to spoil something or do it very badly. Our bank seems to have made a mess of our loan documents. 2. to cause a lot of damage to a place. Violent storms are making a mess of the Midwest …
5make a mess of — he made a mess of the project Syn: mismanage, mishandle, bungle, fluff, spoil, ruin, wreck; informal mess up, botch, make a hash of, foul up …
6make a mess — v. create disorder, mess up; spoil, disrupt …
7make a mess of — v. mishandle, bungle, screw up, spoil, ruin, wreck; mess up, botch …
8make a mess — to urinate or defecate involuntarily or in an inappropriate place Nursery and geriatric use when involuntary by humans, indoors by domestic pets: If he makes another mess... I ll have him destroyed. (N. Mitford, 1945, of a dog) …
9make a mess of something — to make something look dirty or untidy That wine has made a real mess of the carpet …
10make a mess of — See: SCREW UP …
