mess with

mess with
phrasal verb mess with or mess around with [transitive]
Word forms "mess with":
present tense I/you/we/they mess with he/she/it messes with present participle messing with past tense messed with past participle messed with informal
1) mess with someone to make someone angry, or to argue with them

I wouldn't mess with her if I were you.

2) mess with something to become involved with something that is dangerous

A lot of the kids had been messing with drugs.

3) mess with someone's head
very informal to seriously upset someone or make them confused

English dictionary. 2014.

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