I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Somebody ——s
Somebody ——s something
ruffle the surface of the water
Somebody ——s something
Something ——s something
He messed up his room
Somebody ——s something
Something ——s something
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he singled out the health care fiasco as an example of how the government has messed up
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About halfway into the recipe, I realized that I had messed up, and I had to start over.
She's afraid she'll mess up on the test.
I messed up on my first attempt.
He messed up the speech.
I messed up my first attempt and had to try again.
Don't mess up my room.
She's really messed up her life.
His life has been messed up by his drug addiction.
I don't know what I did, but I somehow messed up the computer.
My watch has been messed up [=has not worked properly] ever since I dropped it in the sink.
The mountains messed up the cell phone signal.
He got messed up [=roughed up, beaten up] by a gang of bullies.
She's been pretty messed up ever since she broke up with her boyfriend.
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I've really messed up this time.
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If you cancel now you'll mess up all my arrangements.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.