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.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“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