mess up
verb
- 1
make a mess of or create disorder in
He messed up his room
- 2
disturb the smoothness of
ruffle the surface of the water
- 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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