mess up

Verb
  1. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin (synset 202533317)
    "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
    is a type of: fail, go wrong, miscarry - be unsuccessful
    same as: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil
  2. Disturb the smoothness of (synset 201390147)
    "ruffle the surface of the water"
    is a type of: disarrange - destroy the arrangement or order of
    same as: ruffle, ruffle up, rumple
  3. Make a mess of or create disorder in (synset 200277013)
    "He messed up his room"
    is a type of: disarray, disorder - bring disorder to
    same as: mess

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