- mix someone up
- 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.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
mix someone up
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mix someone/thing up — confuse someone or something with another. → mix … English new terms dictionary
mix — 1 /mIks/ verb 1 (I, T) if you mix two or more substances or if they mix, they combine to become a single substance, and they cannot be easily separated: Mix the blue and yellow paint to make green. | Oil and water don t mix. | mix sth together/in … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
mix up — verb 1. assemble without order or sense She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence • Syn: ↑jumble, ↑confuse • Derivationally related forms: ↑confusion (for: ↑confuse), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mix — verb 1》 combine or be able to be combined to form a whole. ↘make by mixing ingredients. ↘combine (signals or soundtracks) into one to produce a recording. 2》 (mix something up) spoil the order or arrangement of something. ↘(be/become… … English new terms dictionary
mix — mix, mingle, commingle, blend, merge, coalesce, amalgamate, fuse denote to combine or become combined with resulting diffusion or interpenetration of particles, parts, or elements. Mix, the most comprehensive of these terms, need not imply loss… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
mix up someone — mix up (someone/something) to confuse one person or thing with another. Mrs. Albert was always mixing up the two boys even though they didn t look very much alike. I mixed the appointment up and went for a haircut on the wrong day … New idioms dictionary
mix-up — mix ,up noun count INFORMAL a mistake or problem that happens because someone is confused about details: There was a mix up and they lost my order … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mix up something — mix up (someone/something) to confuse one person or thing with another. Mrs. Albert was always mixing up the two boys even though they didn t look very much alike. I mixed the appointment up and went for a haircut on the wrong day … New idioms dictionary
mix up — (someone/something) to confuse one person or thing with another. Mrs. Albert was always mixing up the two boys even though they didn t look very much alike. I mixed the appointment up and went for a haircut on the wrong day … New idioms dictionary
mix something up with something — ˌmix sb/sth ˈup (with sb/sth) derived to think wrongly that sb/sth is sb/sth else Syn: ↑confuse • I think you must be mixing me up with someone else. see also ↑mixed up Main entry: ↑mix … Useful english dictionary
mix somebody up — ˌmix sb/sth ˈup (with sb/sth) derived to think wrongly that sb/sth is sb/sth else Syn: ↑confuse • I think you must be mixing me up with someone else. see also ↑mixed up Main entry: ↑mix … Useful english dictionary
