1.Lit. to get some part of one into a sloppy or messy substance. Look at your shoes! You really got into a mess.Please don't get into a mess in the park.
2. and get into a jamFig. to get into difficulty; to get into trouble. Now you have really gotten into a mess.I got into a real mess at work.
to cause something to become messy or untidy; to cause something to become unmanageable. When he made the spaghetti sauce, he got the kitchen into a real mess.You have got these accounts into a mess!