- get out of a mess
- get out of a messFig. to get free of a bad situation. (Also with
this, such a,
etc.) •How can anyone get out of a mess like this?
•Please help me get out of this mess!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
get out of a mess
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get out of — how do you plan to get out of this mess? Syn: evade, dodge, shirk, avoid, escape, sidestep; informal duck (out of), wriggle out of, cop out of … Thesaurus of popular words
get out of — phr verb Get out of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bed, ↑boat, ↑cab, ↑car, ↑carriage, ↑chair, ↑commitment, ↑control, ↑debt, ↑fix, ↑habit, ↑head, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
mess — noun 1) please clear up the mess Syn: untidiness, disorder, disarray, clutter, shambles, jumble, muddle, chaos 2) don t step in the dog mess Syn: excrement, muck, feces, excreta … Thesaurus of popular words
mess — noun 1) please clear up the mess Syn: untidiness, disorder, disarray, clutter, muddle, chaos; informal shambles; Brit.; informal tip 2) I ve got to get out of this mess Syn: plight … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
out of hand — 1. adverb a) Immediately. He bad to open wyde his brazen gate, / Which long time had bene shut, and out of hond / Proclaymed ioy and peace through all his state [...]. b) Without thought or consideration. He dismissed the idea out of hand. 2 … Wiktionary
mess around — {v. phr.} 1. To engage in idle or purposeless activity. * /Come on, you guys, start doing some work, don t just mess around all day!/ 2. {vulgar} To be promiscuous; to indulge in sex with little discrimination as to who the partner is. * /Allen… … Dictionary of American idioms
mess around — {v. phr.} 1. To engage in idle or purposeless activity. * /Come on, you guys, start doing some work, don t just mess around all day!/ 2. {vulgar} To be promiscuous; to indulge in sex with little discrimination as to who the partner is. * /Allen… … Dictionary of American idioms
mess — mess1 S2 [mes] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(dirty/untidy)¦ 2¦(problems/difficulties)¦ 3 make a mess of (doing) something 4¦(person)¦ 5 a mess of something 6¦(army/navy)¦ 7¦(waste substance)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: mes … Dictionary of contemporary English
mess — 1 noun 1 DIRTY/UNTIDY (singular, uncountable) a situation in which a place looks very untidy or dirty, with things spread all around: Clean up this mess! | The house was an awful mess after the party. | make a mess: You can make cookies if you… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
mess — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, fine (esp. AmE), hopeless, real, royal (esp. AmE), total, utter ▪ I got myself into a complete mess … Collocations dictionary
