unmess

English

unmess (third-person singular simple present unmesses, present participle unmessing, simple past and past participle unmessed)

(transitive) To tidy up (a mess).
- 1956, Stephen G. Hust, "This is my own, my native land.", page 73:
  He handed the mess over to that young man to unmess.
(transitive) To resolve (a problematic situation).
- 2010, Pickard, But I Wouldn't Want to Die There:
  Take out a pen and make a list, because the causes of Carol's problems with our board are also the emergencies you're going to unmess.