mess around with
Example Sentences
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“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
The part they don’t mess around with is an assurance that Gibson hasn’t been paid for her story.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2025
“I said a prayer: Fernando, por favor, no-no-no me molestes, yo tengo miedo. Wait until we get up there and we’ll joke around, but don’t mess around with my house. I was scared.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024
“Not dangerous in a way of threatening people but dangerous in the way of: You don’t mess around with her.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2023
They won’t mess around with trying to cure you.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
