mess around with
Example Sentences
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Those Creoles don’t mess around with their potato salad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
“We have an ironclad rule at IMAX, which is that our word is our word and we won’t mess around with that,” the CEO said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
That's where the treasure is, when you can mess around with that edge and see where it is.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2024
But for the time being, I bought him a pocket synthesizer to mess around with.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Everything he had heard about this teacher was true—don’t mess around with The Lone Granger.
From "Frindle" by Andrew Clements
