Cross
Mess with
Mess with verb - To handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously.
Both terms in one sentence
- And if you make the gold into really small cross-sections, you can mess with its color without changing its composition.
Source: Color-Coded Stones -
The Late Lord Frey is a bastard to everyone, but anyone who dares to mess with his children or grandchildren had best be prepared to suffer... and it's this reflex which caused him to cross the Moral Event Horizon.
Source: Even Evil Has Loved Ones
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