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Phrase(s): confuse someone or an animal with something
to use something to bewilder or confuse someone or an animal. • You have confused me with your clever talk. • You confused the dog with your orders., Phrase(s): confuse someone with someone else [and] confuse something with something else
to mix someone up with someone else; to mistake someone or something with something else. • I’m afraid you have confused me with my brother. • Don’t confuse the old ones with the new ones.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs