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单词 mess around with something
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mess around withsomething

phrasal verbwithmessverb
uk
/mes/us
/mes/
informal(UKalsomess about withsomething)
C2
to use ortreatsomething in acarelessorharmfulway:
I don'twanthim coming in here andmessingaround withourcomputers.
Nevermessaround withscissors.
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  • foul(something)up
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mess around (withsomeone)

phrasal verbwithmessverb
uk
/mes/us
/mes/
mainlyUSinformal
If amarriedman or womanmessesaround with someone, they have asexualrelationshipwith someone who is nottheirwifeorhusband:
Shefoundout that herhusbandwasmessingaround with hissecretary.
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  • adulterous
  • adultery
  • affair
  • bigamous
  • bigamously
  • bit
  • extramarital
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  • faithlessly
  • faithlessness
  • fool
  • mess
  • play around
  • screw
  • screw around
  • side
  • step
  • step out onsomeone
  • wander
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(Definition ofmess around with somethingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mess (around) with something| American Dictionary

mess (around) withsomething

phrasal verbwithmess

(CHANGE)

to makechangesin something,esp. in a way thatharmsit:
Has someone been messing around with thesettingson mycomputeragain?

mess (around) withsomething/someone

phrasal verbwithmess

(DANGER)

tobecomeinvolvedwith someone or somethingdangerous:
You can’t mess around withairportsecurity.
(Definition ofmess (around) with somethingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/mess-around-with##
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