mess with sb
informal— phrasal verb with mess uk/mes/us/mes/verb
to treat someone in a bad, rude, or annoying way, or to start an argument with someone:
I've warned you already, don't mess with me!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Treating people or animals badly
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten
- batten on sb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed
- grind
- jerk
- jerk sb around
- knife
- knock
- knock sb around
- put sb through sth
- shit on sb
- shortchange
- shove
- shove sb around
- smite
- torment
- walk all over sb idiom
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