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mix someone up

to confuse someone. Please don't ask questions now; you'll mix me up! You mixed up the speaker with your question.

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mix something up

to bring something into disorder; to throw something into a state of confusion. Don't mix up the papers on my desk. He mixes up things in his eagerness to speak.

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mix something up

 (with something)

1. to mix or stir something using a mixing or stirring device. He mixed the batter up with a spoon. First, mix up the batter.

2. to combine substances and mix them together. Please mix the egg up with the sugar first. Please mix up the egg with the sugar.

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mix up somebody/something

also mix somebody/something up

to confuse one person or thing with another Mrs. Albert was always mixing up the two boys even though they didn't look very much alike. I mixed the appointment up and went for a haircut on the wrong day.

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mix something up

also mix up something

to put something in the wrong order or place If you mix the photos up in these envelopes I'll never find them.

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mix up

1. Confuse, confound, as in His explanation just mixed me up even more, or I always mix up the twins. [c. 1800]

2. Involve or implicate. This usage is usually put in the passive, as in He got mixed up with the wrong crowd. [Mid-1800s]

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mix up

v.

1. To cause the elements of something to be intermingled: Mix up the eggs and sugar before you pour them into the flour. Mix the batter up thoroughly before pouring it into the pan.

2. To prepare something by mixing: I mixed some eggs up for breakfast. I mixed up a cake for her birthday.

3. To confuse someone; confound someone: His explanation just mixed me up more. The confusing directions mixed up all the party guests.

4. 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. She mixed him up in the whole mess. He got mixed up with the wrong people.

6. To increase the volume of some component of an electrical or audio signal relative to other components: Your singing sounds too quiet—we should mix it up. Mix up the microphones when the announcer begins speaking.

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