mess with
Example Sentences
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Kat says she would urge Reeves "not to mess with Motability" as cutting the scheme "is not going to help people to get into work at all".
From BBC
Washington would be foolish to mess with it.
“Children are still developing, and so we don’t want to mess with that development,” said Dr. Jose Suarez, a physician and associate professor of public health at UC San Diego, who has researched the effects of pesticides on adolescents.
From Los Angeles Times
"Don't mess with people's food."
From BBC
We mess with it at our own risk.
From Barron's
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