Technology
mess around with
handle or change carelessly
To mess around with something means to handle or change it carelessly, often without knowing what you are doing.
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Can I change the router settings?
Please do not mess around with them unless you know what you are doing.
I was just messing around with the camera settings when I found this useful mode.
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Not: mess around ‸ something
Say: mess around with something
This meaning requires the preposition 'with' before the object.
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How it fits in a sentence.
mess around with the settings; mess around with my camera; be messing around with something
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I was just messing around with the camera settings when I found this useful mode.
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mess around with
handle or change carelessly
“I was just messing around with the camera settings when I found this useful mode.”
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