mix up
To mix or blend thoroughly and completelyTo mix or blend thoroughly and completely.
» There's been a mix-up.
Meaning
6 senses(idiomatic, transitive)To mix or blend thoroughly and completely.
She mixed up peat moss, humus, and compost to make potting soil.
(idiomatic, intransitive)To combine thoroughly.
All the smells of the food had mixed up together.
(idiomatic, transitive)To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed.
She mixed up a batch of her own potting soil.
(idiomatic, transitive)To confuse or reverse.
I always mix up Vermont and New Hampshire on a map.
I always mix up Jack with Jake.
(often, transitive)To become involved with, especially socially or romantically.
He got mixed up with a bad crowd.
Then he got mixed up with an older woman.
To shuffle.
mix up this Rubik's cube
- cause to be perplexed or confounded
- assemble without order or sense
Examples
21 sentencesThere's been a mix-up.
There might've been a mix-up.
Don't mix me up.
ruНе путай меня.
I hope I did not mix anything up.
Сподіваюсь, я нічого не наплутала.
ruНадеюсь, я ничего не перепутал.
This is all a big mix up. I'm not the girl you're looking for.
deEs liegt eine große Verwechslung vor. Ich bin nicht die, welche du suchst.
Translations
3 languagesForms
mixes up, mixing up, mixed up, mixed upPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
44 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb