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51mess — Synonyms and related words: C ration, Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, K ration, Rube Goldberg contraption, all sorts, allotment, allowance, amount, arsy varsiness, assemblage, assortment, baboon, bad job, bag, batch, befoul, befuddlement, benasty,… …
52mess — [13] Mess comes via Old French mes from late Latin missus, a derivative of the verb mittere ‘send’ (source of English admit, mission, transmit, etc). This meant ‘sending, placement’, and its original metaphorical application was to a ‘round or… …
53mess up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you mess something up or if you mess up, you cause something to fail or be spoiled. [INFORMAL] [V n P] When politicians mess things up, it is the people who pay the price... [V P n (not pron)] He had messed up one career... [V …
54mess — noun 1) please clear up the mess Syn: untidiness, disorder, disarray, clutter, muddle, chaos; informal shambles; Brit.; informal tip 2) I ve got to get out of this mess Syn: plight …
55mess up — phrasal verb Word forms mess up : present tense I/you/we/they mess up he/she/it messes up present participle messing up past tense messed up past participle messed up 1) [intransitive/transitive] to make a mistake, or to do something badly She… …
56mess — 1. n. a hopeless, stupid person. □ Harry has turned into a mess. □ The guy’s a mess! 2. n. dung. (Usually with a.) □ There is a dog mess on the lawn again this morning …
57mess — [13] Mess comes via Old French mes from late Latin missus, a derivative of the verb mittere ‘send’ (source of English admit, mission, transmit, etc). This meant ‘sending, placement’, and its original metaphorical application was to a ‘round or… …
58mess — I v Associate or mix with. Don t mess (around) with people like that; they will get you in trouble. 1790s II v Bother, annoy. Don t mess with me right now, I m in a bad mood. 1850s III n Bunch, group, a lot of. A mess of kids hang out at Taco s.… …
59mess — 1. to commit adultery Probably a shortened form of mess about, to act in a sloppy, unconventional, or disorganized way: I got a decent wife. I don t go messing any longer. I just don t have the energy. (Sharpe, 1977) 2. faeces or… …
60mess up — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. spoil, ruin, foul up, damage; see botch , destroy 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess: ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mishandle …
