mess over
Upper Intermediate (B2)informal
To hurt someone badly by being unfair or dishonest to them.
"His own business partner messed him over by taking the clients and starting a rival firm."
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Cooking every recipe I see online for a week
Drew Gooden · 10:18
Please ignore the mess over here.

Race For The Wool Challenge In Minecraft w/ @Yukiwaru
JeromeASF · 58:13
It's a whole mess over here.
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[Co-Stream] Call of Duty League Major I Tournament | Day 2
Call of Duty · 301:21
Dude, it's a mess over here with my comms.

Trump Should Be the New Ayatollah, No One Believes His Jesus Pic Lie & MAGA Reacts to Pope Attacks
Jimmy Kimmel Live · 4:57
Hopefully, they will keep talking because we've got a big mess over there.

Beginner Blender Tutorial (2026)
Blender Guru · 160:13
We've got all of the this part of the mug, which is this mess over here.