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mess aboutTo misbehaveRate it:

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mess aboutTo be in a casual non-committal relationshipRate it:

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mess aboutTo play with; to toy with; to waste the time of.Rate it:

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mess withTo interfereRate it:

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mess upTo make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.Rate it:

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mess aroundTo fiddle idly.Rate it:

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mess aroundTo have a non-committal sexual relationship.Rate it:

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mess upTo cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.Rate it:

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mess aroundTo joke, kid, or play.Rate it:

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mess upTo manhandle; beat up; rough up.Rate it:

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mess withTo diss; to put down.Rate it:

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hot messRefers to a person, thing, or situation in such a state of disarray or disapproval by peers, often in reference to physical appearance, perceived to be disastrously embarrassing, pitiful, or beyond repair.Rate it:

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hot messA warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; or, service of such a heated meal to soldiers.Rate it:

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lose the number of one's messTo die, to perish.Rate it:

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mess of pottageSomething of trivial value, especially of immediate value.Rate it:

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mess upTo discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray.Rate it:

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mess upTo damage; injure.Rate it:

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mess upTo make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior.Rate it:

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mess upTo make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly.Rate it:

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mess upTo botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.Rate it:

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Mess with SomeoneTo provoke someone, to bother someone, to frustrate a personRate it:

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f** withTo mess with; to interact with in a careless or inappropriate way.Rate it:

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in a pickleBeing in a difficult predicament; a mess; an undesirable situation.Rate it:

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jack upTo ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for f** up.Rate it:

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mop upTo clean with a mop; especially to clean up a spill or mess.Rate it:

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cack upTo mess up; to get seriously wrong.Rate it:

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cock upUnintentionally; to screw up, mess up or f** up.Rate it:

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gunk upTo soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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fuck withTo mess with; to interact with in a careless or inappropriate way.Rate it:

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crap upTo ruin, botch, bungle; to make a mess of.Rate it:

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a wrench in the worksTo mess something up; ruin everything; mess something upRate it:

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all over the placeEverywhere, especially chaotically or in such a way as to make a mess.Rate it:

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bitch upto ruin; spoil; mess upRate it:

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blow itTo fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.Rate it:

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blow itTo blow it is to mess-up, ruin, defeat, withdraw, prevent the completion of intended goal.Rate it:

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bollocks upTo fail to do correctly; to make a mess of.Rate it:

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botch upTo ruin, mess up.Rate it:

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clean upTo make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.Rate it:

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clear awayTo tidy up, to remove mess or obstacles from a place to make it neat.Rate it:

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dog's breakfastAn unappealing mixture; a disorderly situation; a mess.Rate it:

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drive-by mediaMedia professionals who "spray" a bunch of repetitive misstatements, mistaken and misinterpreted news reports to cause excitement and confusion. They then figuratively "drive off" leaving the cleanup of their mess and hysteria to others, to correct and properly explain and interpret.Rate it:

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extract the urineTo mess around, cajole.Rate it:

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flub upTo make a mistake; to botch or mess up.Rate it:

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footle aboutTo pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around.Rate it:

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footle aroundTo pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around.Rate it:

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foul upTo botch; to make a mess of.Rate it:

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foul-upfoul-up, has myriad meanings: goof-up, mess-up, turn out high percentage rejects, commit or cause damage, fail to follow safety regulations, fail to supervise, or orient workers properly etc.Rate it:

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je suis dans de beaux drapsI am in a fine mess, in a pretty pickle.Rate it:

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je suis dans le pétrin (fam.)I am in a mess, fix.Rate it:

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