mess up someone
1mess with someone — mess with (someone) to annoy, worry, or cause problems for someone. I m tired of people messing with me and not telling me the truth. Usage notes: often used with not: You don t want to mess with this guy. Related vocabulary: fool with someone …
2mess with someone or something — AND monkey with someone or somethingin. to bother or interfere with someone or something. □ Come on, don’t monkey with it. □ Don’t mess with me unless you want trouble …
3mess with someone's head — informal cause someone to feel frustrated, anxious, or upset …
4mess with — (someone) to annoy, worry, or cause problems for someone. I m tired of people messing with me and not telling me the truth. Usage notes: often used with not: You don t want to mess with this guy. Related vocabulary: fool with someone …
5mess — mess1 [ mes ] noun ** ▸ 1 when someone/something is dirty ▸ 2 when there are problems ▸ 3 someone with problems ▸ 4 solid waste from animal ▸ 5 mess hall ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count or uncount a situation in which a place is dirty or not neat: Your… …
6mess — I UK [mes] / US noun Word forms mess : singular mess plural messes ** 1) [countable/uncountable] a situation in which a place is dirty or untidy Your room is a mess; please pick up your toys. What a mess! she said, looking at the kitchen. make a… …
7mess — /mɛs / (say mes) noun 1. a dirty or untidy condition: the room was in a mess. 2. a state of embarrassing confusion: his affairs are in a mess. 3. an unpleasant or difficult situation: to get into a mess. 4. a dirty or untidy mass, litter, or… …
8mess up — verb 1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (Freq. 1) I botched the dinner and we had to eat out the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement • Syn: ↑botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑ …
9mess around with — phrasal verb mess with or mess around with [transitive] Word forms mess with : present tense I/you/we/they mess with he/she/it messes with present participle messing with past tense messed with past participle messed with informal 1) mess with… …
10mess with — phrasal verb mess with or mess around with [transitive] Word forms mess with : present tense I/you/we/they mess with he/she/it messes with present participle messing with past tense messed with past participle messed with informal 1) mess with… …
