mess up

Meaning

1. Oxford84% of films

   to spoil sth or do it badly

In the movies · 83

• it's all gotten messed up and derailed again.The Thin Blue Line1988
• - Things are really messed up! - We found this idea.Inside Out2015
• Uh, I-I messed up.Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021
• You'll mess up my floor.Training Day2001
• Good luck! Don't mess up!Hannah Montana: The Movie2009
• You might mess up your hair.Alita: Battle Angel2019
• You mess up your hair coloring again?The Help2011
• Like you mess up everything!The Croods: A New Age2020

Learn it in full scenes

• The Thin Blue Line1988
  • Randall Meets David at the Gas Station
  • Detective Forces Adams to Sign
  • Officer Wood Shot at Traffic Stop
• Inside Out2015
  • Broccoli on the Pizza
  • Sadness Nearly Touches a Core Memory
  • Riley Introduces Herself and Cries
• Training Day2001
  • Jake's First Day on the Job
  • Alonzo Makes Jake Tell a Story
  • Alonzo's Felony Stop

From the same entry

• no messing
• not mess around
• mess around
• mess around with
• mess around with
• mess about
• mess up
• mess with

More phrasal verbs

• blow up
• look back
• move out
• live up to
• find out
• go back
• come from
• look at
• fuck off
• think about
• get out
• come back