mess with
Example Sentences
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“When we go public on something, we have to go really hard,” Chadwick said in an interview, adding that it is necessary “so people know not to mess with you.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Ronnie Chieng plays a more successful agent who loves, or lives, to mess with Monica.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
She previously told the court Pitt had a reputation in Weston-super-Mare "as a big name and someone you wouldn't mess with".
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
In its 83rd year, the Golden Globes know not to mess with a good thing.
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026
And I’m nowhere near clearing up the mess with Pua.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
