mess up

Questions about mess up

What does mess up mean?

mess up means "make a mess of, destroy or ruin". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for mess up?

Close synonyms include botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mess up a common word?

mess up is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.