Phrasal Verbs
to spoil something or do it badly I've really messed up this time. If you cancel now you'll mess up all my arrangements.
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- 1(informal) to cause someone to have serious emotional or mental problems
- 2(informal) to physically hurt someone, especially by hitting them He was messed up pretty bad by the other guy.
to make something dirty or not neat I don't want you messing up my nice clean kitchen.