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to mess up
[phrase form: mess]
01
to make a mistake or error, causing a situation or task to become disorganized, confused, or unsuccessful
02
to make a place untidy or disorganized
03
to disrupt or disturb the orderliness of a situation, process, or arrangement
04
to disrupt or cause someone to make mistakes in a task by being distracting or displaying annoying behavior
05
to severely affect someone's mental and emotional well-being
06
to cause someone harm through physical violence
Example
The new employee sometimes messes up the data entry tasks.
He messed up the calculations, resulting in financial discrepancies.
If you don't pay attention, you might mess up the experiment.
Last week, they messed up the order, causing confusion among customers.
I accidentally used salt instead of sugar and completely messed up the cake recipe.
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