mess with
Example Sentences
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But any attempt to mess with roads or car parks comes loaded with risk.
From BBC
“Aw, come on, Rowdy,” I said, “leave the old fool alone. We’ve got more important things to do than to mess with an old goose.”
From Literature
Ronnie Chieng plays a more successful agent who loves, or lives, to mess with Monica.
From Los Angeles Times
Kavanaugh, in his dissent, said refunding tariffs already collected could be a “mess” with “significant consequences for the U.S. Treasury.”
“These people could be witnesses to anything. They probably don’t have any connection to me, except that some strange guy in a bathroom wanted to mess with my mind.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
