Usually means: Make a mistake or error.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word mess up:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. mess up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mess (something or someone) up, mess up: Merriam-Webster
  3. mess up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mess-up, mess-up: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mess-up, mess up: Vocabulary.com
  6. mess-up: Wordnik
  7. mess-up, mess (sth) up, mess up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. mess-up, mess up: Wiktionary
  9. mess-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. mess-up, mess up: Dictionary.com
  11. mess-up, mess up: Rhymezone
  12. mess-up, mess up: FreeDictionary.org
  13. mess-up, mess up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. mess-up, mess up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mess up: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mess up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mess up: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mess up: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mess up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See mess_ups as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (mess up)

verb:  (transitive) To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
verb:  (transitive) To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
verb:  (transitive) To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.
verb:  (intransitive) To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly.
verb:  (transitive) To cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior.
verb:  (transitive) To damage; injure.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To manhandle; beat up; rough up.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray.

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