Translations for „mess up“ in the English » German Dictionary

mess up VB trans inf

1. mess up (botch up):

to mess up ⇆ sth

etw verpfuschen inf

to mess up a plan

einen Plan vermasseln

2. mess up (make untidy):

to mess up ⇆ sth

etw in Unordnung bringen

3. mess up inf (make uptight):

to mess up ⇆ sb

jdn verkorksen inf

mess up VB

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to mess up sth [or sth up] (make untidy) inf

etw durcheinanderbringen

ˈmess-up N inf

mess-up

Durcheinander nt

to make a mess-up of sth

etw durcheinanderbringen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

tidy up this mess!

räum diesen Saustall auf! inf

to mess up a plan

einen Plan vermasseln

to clean up the mess

aufräumen

to mess up sth [or sth up] (make untidy) inf

etw durcheinanderbringen

to make a mess-up of sth

etw durcheinanderbringen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

To mess up things even more, he had some of these tapes and records released in different countries by different people.

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When they begin, their moves are fluent, going according to plan, and they never mess up.

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True to their role, they are none too bright and often mess up.

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He does this to confuse the police and also to mess up their calculation of the time of death.

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There were many ways to mess up and permanently lose the game.

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The main comedy starts when her ex-boyfriend and her enemy invade her house and mess up with her.

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My family was very strict on everything, making sure we did not mess up in life.

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More importantly the game repeats questions and has delayed controls that mess up the very nature of a quiz game.

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He tries not to mess up, even though he is sometimes clumsy.

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I don't want to mess up their accounting department.

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