mess around with sb
mainly US informal — phrasal verb with mess /mes/ verbDefinition
› If a married man or woman messes around with someone, they have a sexual relationship with someone who is not their wife or husband: She found out that her husband was messing around with his secretary.Infidelity in relationships
(Definition of mess around with sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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mesophyll noun
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mess (sth) up phrasal verb
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mess about phrasal verb
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mess around phrasal verb (ACT STUPIDLY)
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mess around phrasal verb (SPEND TIME)
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mess around with sth phrasal verb
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mess noun (DIRT/UNTIDINESS)
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mess noun (PROBLEMS)
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mess noun (ROOM)
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mess sb about/around phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- a bit on the side idiom
- adulterer noun
- adultery noun
- affair noun (RELATIONSHIP)
- bigamy noun
- cheat on sb phrasal verb
- cuckold noun
- cuckold verb
- extramarital adjective
- faithless adjective (NOT LOYAL)
- fool around/about phrasal verb (HAVE A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP)
- infidelity noun
- on the side idiom
- play around phrasal verb (SEX)
- screw around phrasal verb
- step out on sb phrasal verb
- two-timer noun
- unfaithful adjective
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