mix up

Definitions

1. 1

   To mix or blend thoroughly and completely.

   • She mixed up peat moss, humus, and compost to make potting soil.
2. 2

   To combine thoroughly.

   • All the smells of the food had mixed up together.
3. 3

   To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed.

   • She mixed up a batch of her own potting soil.
   • The picture of their life that follows suggests in a few words a country kitchen—the sizzling of fish over the charcoal fire, fanned by the bellows to a hot flame, the mixing up of a Thasian sauce for the fish, the kneading of dough.
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   1. 4

      To confuse or reverse.

      • I always mix up Vermont and New Hampshire on a map.
      • I always mix up Jack with Jake.
   2. 5

      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.
      • Now, he's mixed up with some half-baked religion.
   3. 6

      To shuffle.

      • mix up this Rubik's cube
   4. 7

      A mix, blend, or variety.

      • Next time, let's ask a group with a different mix up.
   5. 8

      A confusion or reversal.

      • I refuse to send them any more money until they fix this mix up.

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