mess with
Example Sentences
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But any attempt to mess with roads or car parks comes loaded with risk.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Ronnie Chieng plays a more successful agent who loves, or lives, to mess with Monica.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
In reality, no one is going to put the malocchio on you if you mess with the menu.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
The secret to cooking, she said, is “not to mess with a great ingredient. All you have to do is turn the volume up.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
“I’m not trying to mess with you. It’s just that absolutely nothing about liking a person—or even disliking someone—is firmly logical all the way through.”
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
