mix up

mix upverb

• 1

  To mix or blend thoroughly and completely.

  • She mixed up peat moss, humus, and compost to make potting soil.
• 2

  To combine thoroughly.

  • All the smells of the food had mixed up together.
• 3

  To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed.

  • She mixed up a batch of her own potting soil.
  • The picture of their life that follows suggests in a few words a country kitchen—the sizzling of fish over the charcoal fire, fanned by the bellows to a hot flame, the mixing up of a Thasian sauce for the fish, the kneading of dough.
• 4

  To confuse or reverse.

  • I always mix up Vermont and New Hampshire on a map.
  • I always mix up Jack with Jake.
• 5

  To become involved with, especially socially or romantically.

  • He got mixed up with a bad crowd.
  • Then he got mixed up with an older woman.
• 6

  To shuffle.

  • mix up this Rubik's cube

mix upnoun

• 1

  A mix, blend, or variety.

  • Next time, let's ask a group with a different mix up.
• 2

  A confusion or reversal.

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