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mix-up

[miks-uhp]

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noun

a confused state of things; muddle; tangle.
a fight.

mix-up

noun

a confused condition or situation
informal��a fight

verb

to make into a mixture
to mix up ingredients
to confuse or confound
Tom mixes John up with Bill
(often passive) to put (someone) into a state of confusion
I'm all mixed up
to involve (in an activity or group, esp one that is illegal)
why did you get mixed up in that drugs racket?
informal��to fight

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mix-up¹

First recorded in 1835–45; noun use of verb phrase mix up

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Idioms and Phrases

Confuse, confound, as in His explanation just mixed me up even more , or I always mix up the twins . [c. 1800]

Involve or implicate. This usage is usually put in the passive, as in He got mixed up with the wrong crowd . [Mid-1800s]

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A woman who was wrongly accused of shoplifting toilet roll due to an apparent mix-up with a facial recognition system was left "fuming" after being ejected from two Home Bargains stores.

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In April, for example, a 28-year-old Welsh tourist was held for 19 days in an ICE processing centre in Washington state after being denied entry to Canada over what she later termed a "visa mix-up".

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Jenrick had announced he was running in the London Marathon and "in a technical mix-up, a message designed for broadcast turned into a group chat", the source added.

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A man's ashes that went missing in the post in a transatlantic mix-up have been found again.

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There seemed to be a mix-up in the line-out call when Johnny Matthews throw sailed right over the top, but Adam Hastings was on to it and slipped a pass for Venter to crash over.

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