mess up

verbs

make a mess of, destroy or ruin
"I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
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is derived from
mess-up
disturb the smoothness of
"ruffle the surface of the water"
mess up, ruffle, ruffle up, rumple
make a mess of or create disorder in
"He messed up his room"
mess, mess up