create a mess
Frequency: 6.89.5 per million words
to bring a disorganized or problematic situation into existence
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Examples (10)
- The children managed to create a huge mess in the living room.
- If you don't follow the instructions, you might create an even bigger mess.
- His careless actions created a political mess for the entire government.
- We need to avoid anything that could create a financial mess for the company.
- Stop playing with your food, you're creating a mess everywhere!
- It's easy to create a mess, but much harder to clean it up.
- The new policy threatens to create a bureaucratic mess.
- She accidentally created a digital mess when she deleted the wrong files.
- One wrong decision could create a legal mess that lasts for years.
- Don't create a mess for others to clean up.