mess up

verb

  1. 1

    make a mess of or create disorder in

    He messed up his room

  2. 2

    disturb the smoothness of

    ruffle the surface of the water

  3. 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

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