to put things together without any order
to think that one person or thing is another person or thing
For the moment I was thinking about the mix-up with the lighters.
I had all her ID because of a mix-up in Bamako, and I took that tin box, with that in it and some other stuff.
I sorted all the papers and you’ve mixed them up again.
I think I’m mixing him up with someone else.
Makes me wonder if Fate didn't mix up the cards a bit, dealing us exactly the wrong partners at the wrong time.
They look so alike that it’s easy to mix them up.
When Ralph brought him to the restaurant Garrison had chosen, Mitchell was certain there' d been a mix-up.
`She had reservations at one hotel, but there was a mix-up.
mixes up
mixing up
mixed up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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