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Red park 287 Posted 8 years ago
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Don't mess up my tempo

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Don't mess up my tempo

  

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Your tempo is the speed at which you are doing something. If someone messes it up, they disrupt it. It is changed, and it is not what you want.

  • Your tempo is the speed at which you are doing something.
  • If someone messes it up, they disrupt it.
  • It is changed, and it is not what you want.
  • Although I've not heard it as an expression before, it sounds okay, but does seem a bit unusual as most people wouldn't be referring to the tempo as the thing that they wanted to maintain.
  • It'd be more normal to hear 'Don't mess up my rhythm'.
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Your tempo is the speed at which you are doing something. If someone messes it up, they disrupt it. It is changed, and it is not what you want.

Although I've not heard it as an expression before, it sounds okay, but does seem a bit unusual as most people wouldn't be referring to the tempo as the thing that they wanted to maintain. It'd be more normal to hear 'Don't mess up my rhythm'.

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