mess with

• Don't mess with the controls. I just got everything adjusted correctly.
• This is what you get / When you mess with us1997, “Karma Police”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead:

• Hey! Quit messing with my brother.

• Don't worry: I'm just messing with you.

Especially African-American Vernacular

• You know I mess with you heavy.
• He reaches out to me on Instagram like "yo, I mess with you super heavy. I'm down in Allentown, PA - I heard this song 'No Regrets'. It's super crazy, shit gives me the chills. I got a proposal for you. Give me 6 months to get you a deal and we'll see if we can make a management situation happen. If I can't do this 6 months, then fuck it, But I want to see you in a better position because your music’s amazing, its real."2021 July 9, Huey V (quoted), Shirley Ju, “Meet Huey V | Next up out of Milwaukee's Rap Scene”, in Flaunt Magazine, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2022:

• Resolved 18. That no Guide or Interpreter whether at the Factory Depot or Inland be permitted to mess with Commissioned Gentlemen or Clerks in charge of Posts; but while at the Depot they will be allowed per Week 4 days ordinary rations […]1836, George Simpson & al., HBC Standing Rules and Regulations, §18