mixing up

Verb

mix up (third-person singular simple present mixes up, present participle mixing up, simple past and past participle mixed up)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To mix or blend thoroughly and completely.
   • She mixed up peat moss, humus, and compost to make potting soil.

   Synonyms:

   scramble, jumble

2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To combine thoroughly.
   • All the smells of the food had mixed up together.
3. (idiomatic, transitive) To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed.
   • She mixed up a batch of her own potting soil.
4. (idiomatic, transitive) To confuse or reverse.
   • I always mix up Vermont and New Hampshire on a map.

   Synonyms:

   jumble, addle, baffle, vex, lose, embroil, stick, stump, baffound, bamboozle

5. (often, transitive, usually passive voice) To become involved with, especially socially or romantically.
   • He got mixed up with a bad crowd.

   Synonyms:

   embroil

6. To shuffle.
   • mix up this Rubik's cube

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