mix up
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mix up
verb mixes up · mixing up · mixed up
- To mix or blend thoroughly and completely. She mixed up peat moss, humus, and compost to make potting soil.
- To combine thoroughly. All the smells of the food had mixed up together.
- To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed. She mixed up a batch of her own potting soil.
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To confuse or reverse.
I always mix up Vermont and New Hampshire on a map.
Similar: jumble, addle, baffle, vex, lose, embroil, stick, stump, baffound, bamboozle, bedevil, befuddle
- To confuse, befuddle (a person). I have one but it's such a nuisance to swap the drives. It almost takes three hands to tip the laptop, and there is a program I have to use too to switch that always mixes me up. I leave the floppy drive in because my digital camera uses a floppy disk.
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To become involved with, especially socially or romantically.
He got mixed up with a bad crowd.
Similar: embroil
- To shuffle. mix up this Rubik's cube
noun mix ups · mix-up · mixup
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A mix, blend, or variety.
Next time, let's ask a group with a different mix up.
Similar: muddle
- A confusion or reversal. I refuse to send them any more money until they fix this mix up.
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verb to mix or blend thoroughly and completely
| Español | revolver |
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verb to confuse things, to get things mixed up
| Español | trabucar, hacerse bolas, hacerse chibolas, hacerse un lío |
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| 日本語 | 間違える machigaeru |
| Português | confundir, misturar, trocar |
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