Mess with
Mess with verb - To handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- To twist the knife, Shinou appears to have pulled that just as much to torment and mess with Yuuri as to get an inside man into Daishimaron.
Source: Failure Knight - He stopped trying to mess up the world and torment everyone, but after this, in the fourth and to an extent fifth seasons, he's fickle, unhelpful and lacking empathy, and likes to mess with people.
Source: Chaotic Neutral -
Guu in Haré+Guu regularly uses this tactic to torment Haré; having established how far she is willing to go, including distorting reality, to mess with him, she can often get the same result by doing absolutely nothing, allowing Haré to drive himself crazy wondering what she might do.
Source: Paranoia Gambit
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