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mess-up

[mes-uhp]

mess-up

[mes-uhp]
noun
a blunder; state of confusion; mix-up.

Origin:
1900–05; noun use of verb phrase mess up
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mess-up

noun
something badly botched or muddled [syn: ballup
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