mix up someone

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.


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  • 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

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  • 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

  • mix somebody up with somebody — 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 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

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