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mess around with something
phrasal verb with messverbuk /mes/ us /mes/
informal(UK alsomess about with something)
C2
to use or treat something in a careless or harmful way: 瞎弄；摆弄，玩弄
I don't want him coming in here and messing around with our computers.我不想让他到这儿来摆弄我们的电脑。
Never mess around with scissors.绝不能玩剪刀。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Damaging and spoiling
adulterant
adulterate
adulterated
adulteration
applecart
butcher
drive a wedge between someoneidiom
dry rot
eat
eat away at something
erode
foul
queer
rain on someone's paradeidiom
rampage
ravage
ravages
seismic
sour
wreck
mess around (with someone)
phrasal verb with messverbuk /mes/ us /mes/
mainly USinformal
If a married man or woman messes around with someone, they have a sexual relationship with someone who is not their wife or husband: 勾搭（某人），与（某人）有不正当性关系
She found out that her husband was messing around with his secretary.她发现丈夫和他的秘书偷情。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Relationships: infidelity
adulterer
adulterous
adultery
affair
bigamous
bigamously
cuckold
extramarital
extramarital affair
faithless
faithlessly
inconstancy
infidelity
on the sideidiom
play around
roam
screw
unfaithful
unfaithfulness
wander
mess (around) with something | American Dictionary
mess (around) with something
phrasal verb with mess
(CHANGE)
to make changes in something, esp. in a way that harms it:
Has someone been messing around with the settings on my computer again?
mess (around) with something/someone
phrasal verb with mess
(DANGER)
to become involved with someone or something dangerous:
You can’t mess around with airport security.
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