mix up with
phrasal verb
mixed up with; mixing up with; mixes up with
1
: to mistakenly put (something) with (something else)
Did my homework get mixed up with your papers?
2
: to cause (someone) to become involved with (a particular group of people and especially with people who cause trouble)
She was mixed up with the wrong crowd.
teenage boys getting mixed up with gangs
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Sora’s ultra-realistic characters may not get mixed up with Neo-Tokyo’s coolest biker gang or mutate into giant, oozing babies the size of an Olympic sports arena.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024
Prone to keeping secrets, could Mack have been mixed up with someone no one knew?
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
The movie is about a corny furniture salesman (Patrick Wilson) whose affair with an employee leads to him getting mixed up with some violent criminals, but honestly, Sweet Hell exists as a showcase for Heigl.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 10 May 2024
There were swishy trousers and plush overcoats, neckties mixed up with cowboy hats, a bit of fringe and the occasional beat-up leather.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
But this transition has become mixed up with sensitive issues of identity, including the place of gay and trans kids and families in the Church.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Kate Winslet has no issue being mixed up with fellow Oscar winner Cate Blanchett.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
Young was a property developer who’d become mixed up with unsavory Russian businessmen.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Despite their client no longer holding public office, Trump's legal team argued the unique and sensitive nature of the job requires that the president not be mixed up with threats of legal action.
—Melissa Quinn, Robert Legare, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2023
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024
Prone to keeping secrets, could Mack have been mixed up with someone no one knew?
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
The movie is about a corny furniture salesman (Patrick Wilson) whose affair with an employee leads to him getting mixed up with some violent criminals, but honestly, Sweet Hell exists as a showcase for Heigl.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 10 May 2024
There were swishy trousers and plush overcoats, neckties mixed up with cowboy hats, a bit of fringe and the occasional beat-up leather.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
But this transition has become mixed up with sensitive issues of identity, including the place of gay and trans kids and families in the Church.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Kate Winslet has no issue being mixed up with fellow Oscar winner Cate Blanchett.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
Young was a property developer who’d become mixed up with unsavory Russian businessmen.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Despite their client no longer holding public office, Trump's legal team argued the unique and sensitive nature of the job requires that the president not be mixed up with threats of legal action.
—Melissa Quinn, Robert Legare, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2023
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“Mix up with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mix%20up%20with. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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