Usually means: Error or mistake causing disruption.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. mess-up, mess-up: Collins English Dictionary
  2. mess-up: Vocabulary.com
  3. mess-up: Wordnik
  4. mess-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. mess-up: Wiktionary
  6. mess-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. mess-up: Dictionary.com
  8. mess-up: Rhymezone
  9. mess-up: FreeDictionary.org
  10. mess-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. mess-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mess-up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mess-up)

▸ noun:  (informal) A mistake or fiasco; something that has gone wrong.
▸ noun:  (informal) A person who makes many mistakes.

Similar:
balls-up, cockup, ballup, messup, fiasco, stuff-up, screwup, mess, goof-up, mishap, more...

Opposite:
succeed, excel, accomplish, achieve, triumph



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Similar:
balls-up, cockup, ballup, messup, fiasco, stuff-up, screwup, mess, goof-up, mishap, more...

Opposite:
succeed, excel, accomplish, achieve, triumph



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