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Mess up   Listen
verb
mess up  v. t.  
1.
To make a mess (5) of; to confuse, disorder, or muddle; to muss; to jumble; to disturb.
2.
To botch (3); to bungle.





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"Mess up" Quotes from Famous Books



... there. Postlethwaite suggested that he might drive wounded soldiers down to Margate in his car if he liked. Baxendale said he'd think it over, but when Postlethwaite had gone he asked Peter Knott in confidence if he didn't think it was taking advantage of people to mess up their cars ...
— War-time Silhouettes • Stephen Hudson
... fly!' is my motto," Patricia rambled on; "fly while the flying is good. Get your wings clipped, and where are you? Sylvia will have children and they will mess up her studio and her career—and look at her promise!" It was Patricia that had forced Sylvia's ...
— The Shield of Silence • Harriet T. Comstock


Words linked to "Mess up" :   bollix up, fumble, ruffle, louse up, bumble, ruffle up, muff, bobble, mess-up, botch, mess, go wrong, foul up, fuck up, miscarry, disarrange, bollix, bollocks, spoil, blow, bodge, mishandle, bollocks up, ball up, flub, disarray, fluff


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