mess

mess
I
n.
untidy condition

1) to make a mess

2) to leave a mess

3) to clean away, clean up, clear up, sweep up a mess

4) in a mess (to leave things in a real mess)

dining hall

(mil.)

5) an enlisted (AE); officers' mess

6) at, in a mess (they ate at the company mess)

II

v. (colloq.) to mess with (don't mess with him)

* * *
[mes]
clear up
officers' mess
sweep up a mess
in a mess (they ate at the company mess)
['untidy condition'] to make a mess
at
to clean away
to leave a mess
['dining hall'] (mil.) an enlisted (AE)
(colloq.) to mess with (don't mess with him)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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