to mess up

  • 71mess around with (someone) — 1. to have sex with someone other than your husband, wife, or usual sexual partner. She found out that her husband was messing around with her best friend. 2. to treat someone badly. He was always messing around with her, and she was right to… …

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  • 72mess around with something — mess around with (something) to amuse yourself by doing or saying something that is likely to cause trouble. I don t know if I m dealing with a 14 year old messing around with a computer or if I m dealing with organized crime …

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  • 73mess around with — (something) to amuse yourself by doing or saying something that is likely to cause trouble. I don t know if I m dealing with a 14 year old messing around with a computer or if I m dealing with organized crime …

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  • 74mess with a bull, you get the horns — If you do something stupid or dangerous, you can get hurt …

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  • 75mess hall — mess′ hall n. a dining hall, esp. at a military base • Etymology: 1860–65 …

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  • 76mess jacket — mess′ jack et n. clo a close fitting, waist length jacket worn by men esp. as part of a uniform • Etymology: 1890–95 …

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  • 77mess around — [v] fiddle; goof off amuse oneself, dabble, dawdle, doodle, fool around, loiter, muck around*, play, play around, play the fool*, potter, puddle, putter, tinker, trifle; concepts 87,363 Ant. labor, toil, work …

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  • 78mess up — [v] disorder, dirty befoul, besmirch, bobble, bollix*, botch, bungle, clutter, confuse, damage, derange, destroy, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorganize, disturb, foul, goof up*, gum up*, jumble, litter, louse up, muddle, pollute, ruin,… …

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  • 79mess hall — ☆ mess hall n. a room or building where a group, as of soldiers, regularly have their meals …

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  • 80mess jacket — n. a man s short, closefitting jacket worn for semiformal dress, as by the military, or as part of the uniform of waiters, etc …

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