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Phrase(s): 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., Phrase(s): 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., Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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]
American Heritage Idioms