mess over

slang

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mess over
Verb
  • Authorities subsequently found that the boy and Ruby's 10-year-old daughter had been seriously abused.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Kevin Franke, the father of the children abused by Hildebrandt and his ex-wife, has advocated for more oversight of life coaches since the two women were sent to prison.
    Jessica Schreifels, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • How could the president possibly take apart an administrative agency?
    Jay Cost, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
  • At least until an archivist took another look, setting off a yearslong project to identify and then reassemble the medieval manuscript, which someone in Tudor England had taken apart and used to help hold together a ledger.
    Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Once back, Jérémie can’t bear to leave, and Vincent, resentful of the intruder in his mother’s house, tries to bully him out.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Earlier this month, a 13-year-old girl from Northern Kentucky took her own life after years of being bullied.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Mess over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mess%20over. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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