{"id":3647,"date":"2022-05-23T12:57:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T12:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>Phrasal verbs start with 'Mess' (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-with-mess\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Phrasal Verbs With Mess<\/a>). A Phrasal verb like Mess about, Mess about with, Mess around, Mess around"},"modified":"2022-05-23T12:57:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T12:57:36","slug":"phrasal-verbs-with-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-with-mess\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal Verbs With &#8216;Mess&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-51611161\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><br>Phrasal verbs start with &#8216;Mess&#8217; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-with-mess\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Phrasal Verbs With Mess<\/a>). A Phrasal verb like Mess about, Mess about with, Mess around, Mess around with, Mess over, and more.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Phrasal Verbs With &#8216;Mess&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mess about<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Not be serious, not use something properly<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>You&#8217;d better not mess about in the affairs of others.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mess about<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Treat someone badly<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They really don&#8217;t mess about.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mess about with<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Have a sexual relationship outside marriage or a permanent relationship<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Don&#8217;t mess about with my camera &#8211; you&#8217;ll break it.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mess around<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Not be serious, play with something<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>A monster like that is nothing to mess around with.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mess around<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Treat someone badly<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The fates mess around with the people who have the most to lose.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mess around with<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Have a sexual relationship outside marriage or a permanent relationship<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> A monster like that is nothing to mess around with.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mess over<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Treat someone badly<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He reached forward, and gently spread the sticky mess over her smooth flesh with his fingertips.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mess up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Spoil or ruin<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He got another chance and didn&#8217;t want to mess up again.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mess up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make something untidy or dirty<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>If you cancel now you&#8217;ll mess up all my arrangements.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mess with<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Become involved in something damaging or dangerous<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I&#8217;ve warned you already, don&#8217;t mess with me!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mess with<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Annoy, bother<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Don&#8217;t mess with her when she&#8217;s angry.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mess with<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Associate (negative)<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He told his son not to mess with the TV set.<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/d3c1yyje0uguxm.cloudfront.net\/2022\/05\/Phrasal-Verbs-With-Mess-wordscoach.com_.jpg\" alt=\"Phrasal Verbs With 'Mess' - wordscoach.com\" class=\"wp-image-3662\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Read More\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-with-measure\/\">Phrasal Verbs With \u2018Measure\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-with-mark\/\">Phrasal Verbs With \u2018Mark\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phrasal verbs start with &#8216;Mess&#8217; (Phrasal Verbs With Mess). 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