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If you mix up two things or people, you confuse them, so that you think that one of them is the other one. I mixed her up with someone else. American English : mix up / mɪks ˈʌp /
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to fail to recognize two people or things correctly by thinking that one person or thing is the other person or thing: People often mix us up because we look so similar. I think you're mixing me up with my sister. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Confusion, confusing and feeling confused.
To mistake something or someone for something or someone else: I always mix up the twins. I mixed the twins up because they were wearing the same thing. 5. To involve or implicate someone in the activities of someone or something, especially something negative: Don't mix yourself up with that crowd.
involved, esp. with someone or something bad or dangerous: He was a great athlete at school, but he got mixed up with the wrong crowd and stopped training. mixed up adjective (DISORDERED) (of names, information, files, etc.) put into the wrong place or order, esp. when put where similar things belong:
mix up. 1. verb To confuse one thing for another. I'm sorry I'm late, I must have mixed up the time for our meeting. 2. verb To combine various substances by stirring. Have you mixed up the eggs and the sugar yet? 3. verb To cause something to become jumbled or disorganized. My intern must have mixed up these papers—they're all out of order.
If you are mixed up, you are confused, often because of emotional or social problems. I think he's a rather mixed up kid. I get mixed up about times and places. To be mixed up in something bad, or with someone you disapprove of, means to be involved in it or with them.
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The meaning of MIX-UP is a state or instance of confusion. How to use mix-up in a sentence.
