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"text": "You know I mess with you heavy.",
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"ref": "2021 July 9, Huey V (quoted), Shirley Ju, “Meet Huey V | Next up out of Milwaukee's Rap Scene”, in Flaunt Magazine",
"text": "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.\"",
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"(slang, especially African-American Vernacular) To admire, enjoy, or approve of."
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"word": "fuck with"
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"(slang) To interfere with."
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"To diss; to put down."
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"(slang) To diss; to put down."
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"text": "You know I mess with you heavy.",
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"text": "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.\"",
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"sense": "to interfere with",
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"sense": "to interfere with",
"word": "blanda sér í"
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"sense": "to interfere with",
"word": "søle med"
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"sense": "to interfere with",
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"sense": "to interfere with",
"word": "kurcalamak"
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"sense": "to interfere with",
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"sense": "to interfere with",
"word": "uğraşmak"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to diss",
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{
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"sense": "to diss",
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "to diss",
"word": "abbast upp á"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "to diss",
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to diss",
"word": "zhadzovať"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to diss",
"word": "bulaşmak"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to diss",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to joke with",
"word": "kutten"
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{
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"sense": "to joke with",
"word": "pelleillä"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to joke with",
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"sense": "to joke with",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to joke with",
"word": "verarschen"
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"sense": "to joke with",
"word": "søle med"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to joke with",
"word": "doberať si"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to joke with",
"word": "uťahovať si"
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"sense": "to joke with",
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"word": "huevear"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to joke with",
"word": "şakalaşmak"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to joke with",
"word": "takılmak"
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"word": "mess with"
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