Messes
Numbers
Numbers noun - An illegal daily lottery.
Both words in one sentence
- When someone messes up badly, they've "screwed the pooch" or "screwed up by the numbers".
Source: Author Catchphrase -
Gaslighting: Amélie sneaks into her grocer's apartment and subtly messes with his stuff, changing the size of his shoes, the numbers on his speed dial, etc... to punish him for mocking his ambiguously-handicapped and one-armed employee.
Source: Film / Amélie
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