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Mix up

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mix, blend, or variety.

    "Next time, let's ask a group with a different mix up."

  2. 2
    A confusion or reversal. idiomatic

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

Verb
  1. 1
    To mix or blend thoroughly and completely. idiomatic, transitive

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

  2. 2
    cause to be perplexed or confounded wordnet
  3. 3
    To combine thoroughly. idiomatic, intransitive

    "All the smells of the food had mixed up together."

  4. 4
    assemble without order or sense wordnet
  5. 5
    To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed. idiomatic, transitive

    "She mixed up a batch of her own potting soil."

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  1. 6
    To confuse or reverse. idiomatic, transitive

    "I always mix up Vermont and New Hampshire on a map."

  2. 7
    To become involved with, especially socially or romantically. often, transitive

    "He got mixed up with a bad crowd."

  3. 8
    To shuffle.

    "mix up this Rubik's cube"

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