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crank up crap up creep up crock up crop up curl up curled up cut up dam up deck up dig up digging up dish up divided up divvy up do up doctor up doll up dolled up done up dope up double up drag up draw up dream up dredge up dress up dried up drink up drive up drive up the wall drum up dry up drying up dummy up earth up ease up eat up edge up end up even up face up face up to faggot up fake up fancied up fancy up fatten up fed up felt up fess up fetch up fig up fill up finish up fire up firm up fix up flame up flare up fluff up fog up fold up follow up follow up on foot up fork up fort up foul up frame up freshen up fuck up furbish up gang up gang up on gas up gather up gear up get up ginger up give up giving up glam up go up go up in smoke gobble up grow up grown up grub up gum up gummed up gussied up gussy up ham it up hang up hard up hash up haul up head up heap up heat up heated up heave up heft up held up het up high up higher up hike up hit it up hit up hitch up hive up hoke up hold up hole up hook up hook up with hop up hopped up hot up hung up hurry up hush up hype up ice up jack up jazz up jolly up juice up jump up jumping up and down keep up kept up key up keyed up kick up kink up kit up knock up lace up laid up land up lap up laugh it up lay up lead up let up lift up light up lighten up limber up line up lined up link up live it up live up to liven up load up lock up log up look up look up to looking up loosen up louse up made up make up make up one's mind make up to mark up mat up matte up measure up measure up to meet up with mess mess about mess around mess beef mess hall mess jacket mess kit mess of pottage messed up mix up mixed up mock up mop up mount up mount up to move up muck up mucked up muddy up muffle up mug up muster up offer up officer's mess open up own up pal up pass up patch up pay up pen up pent up pep up perk up perked up pick up pick up the gauntlet pile up pin up pipe up play up play up to plump up point up polish up pony up pop up pound up prang up pretty up prick up prim up prop up propping up psych up psyched up puff up puffed up pull up pull up short pull up stakes pumped up push up put up put up job put up to put up with queue up rachet up rack up raise up rake up ramp up rev up rig up ring up rip up rise up roll up rope up rough up round up rout up rub up ruck up ruffle up run up runner up sack up save up saved up scale up scare up scoop up scrape up scratch up screw up scrub up scrunch up seal up sell up serve up set up sew up sex up shack up shake up shape up shine up shine up to shoot up shore up shoring up show up shown up shrivel up shut up sidle up sign up silt up sit up size up slack up slice up slick up slicked up slip up slow up slurp up smarten up smash up smell up snap up snarl up snatch up sneak up soak up soaking up soar up sober up soften up sop up soup up speak up speak up for spear up speed up speeded up spice up spiff up spiffed up spirit up spit up split up sponge up spring up spruce up spruced up square up stack up stand up stand up for stand up to start up stay up steam up steamed up step up stick up stick up for stink up stir up stirred up stop up stopped up stored up straighten up strike up string up stuck up suck up suck up to sum up summing up summon up sunny-side up swallow up sweep up swell up swept up swoop up swot up take up take up arms take up with taken up tart up team up tear up tee up tense up think up throw up tidy up tie up tied up tier up tighten up tog up togged up tone up toss up tot up tote up touch up touch up paint trice up trick up trip up true up trump up trumped up tune up turn up turn up the heat turn up the pressure turned up tying up unholy mess up up and down up country up here up in arms up in the air up on up quark up the stairs up to up to her neck up to his neck up to my neck up to now up to our necks up to their necks up to your neck use up used up using up vamp up vomit up wake up waking up wall up warm up wash up washed up well up whip up whomp up whoop it up wind up wipe up wise up work up worked up wound up wrack up wrap up wrapped up wrapped up in write up wrought up yield up zip up

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb mess up has 3 senses

• mess up(v = verb.social) ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil - 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"
is one way to fail, go wrong, miscarry
Derived form noun mess-up₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

• mess up(v = verb.contact) ruffle, ruffle up, rumple - disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
is one way to disarrange
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• mess up(v = verb.change) mess - make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"
is one way to disarray, disorder
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

CIDE DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

mess up

ball up, befoul, benasty, bitch, bitch up, blur, bobble, bollix, bollix up, bonehead into it, bugger, bugger up, clutter, complicate, confound, confuse, contaminate, cook, corrupt, damage, defile, deform, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, distort, disturb, drop a brick, embrangle, entangle, flub, fog up, foul, foul up, goof, goof up, gum up, hash up, implicate, infect, involve, jumble, knot, litter, louse up, mar, mess, misarrange, mix up, muck, muck up, mucker, muddle, muff, muss, muss up, nasty, obfuscate, obscure, perplex, play hell with, play hob with, pollute, queer, ramify, ravel, ruffle, ruin, rummage, rumple, scatter, screw up, sink, snafu, snarl, snarl up, spoil, sully, taint, tangle, tarnish, tousle, unform, unsettle, unshape, upset

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