Analysis Complete

mess up

/ mess up /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
make a mess of or create disorder in
"He messed up his room"
Type of:
disorder disarray
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
"ruffle the surface of the water"
Type of:
disarrange
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
"I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
"the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
33%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
15
Times Searched
3
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