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Meanings of
mess up
in English
Portuguese
borrar
Catalan
espifiar
Spanish
arruinar
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Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
blow
spoil
fumble
muff
fluff
bumble
bungle
bollocks
botch
bobble
Portuguese
borrar
Catalan
despentinar
Spanish
arrugar
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Disturb the smoothness of.
ruffle
rumple
ruffle up
Catalan
despentinar
Portuguese
desorganizar
Catalan
desendreçar
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Make a mess of or create disorder in.
mess
Portuguese
desorganizar
Usage of
mess up
in English
1
If I
mess
up
,
I have to lead by example and go.
2
They
mess
up
budgets, and the HSE must live within its budget.
3
The last thing you want to do is
mess
up
that moment.
4
I just don't want anything to happen to
mess
up
this sale.
5
What if I do bad?' I was really afraid to
mess
up
.
6
So if I
mess
up
a line, you start from the beginning.
7
I just hope me and Bobbi Jill don't
mess
up
the encore.
8
I'll have to call the Coltranes back to clear this
mess
up
.
9
Your relationship with money isn't one you can afford to
mess
up
.
10
The only thing we know how to do proper is
mess
up
.
11
He didn't want to be the one to
mess
up
her plans.
12
So you were told to
mess
up
the building site, weren't you?
13
Don't you just love it when people
mess
up
on live television?
14
And if we
mess
up
,
there's no one to cover for us.
15
I sees too many married troubles to
mess
up
with such doings!
16
She'd
mess
up
her manicure, and spend two hours on the phone.
Other examples for "mess up"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
mess
up
mess
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
mess up
Portuguese
borrar
meter os pés pelas mãos
trabalhar mal
foder tudo
fazer às pressas
fazer besteira
desorganizar
Catalan
espifiar
cagar-la
espatllar
fer barroerament
arruïnar
esguerrar
fotre
despentinar
desendreçar
enredar
desordenar
Spanish
arruinar
arrugar
perturbar
trastornar
Mess up
through the time
Mess up
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common