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    mixed-up
    /ˈmik ˌstəp/

    adjective

    • 1. (of a person) suffering from psychological or emotional problems: informal "a lonely mixed-up teenager"

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  2. If you get mixed up, you get confused about something.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  3. To confuse a person or thing with someone or something else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "get" and "mixed up." I think he got the dates mixed up for our meeting. He should have been here an hour ago. Uh oh, I got the powdered sugar mixed up with the baking soda.

  4. mixed up adjective (DISORDERED) (of names, information, files, etc.) put into the wrong place or order, esp. when put where similar things belong: They got his records mixed up (= confused information about him with someone else's information).

  5. To confuse a person or thing with someone or something else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "get" and "mixed up." I think he got the dates mixed up for our meeting. He should have been here an hour ago. Uh oh, I got the powdered sugar mixed up with the baking soda.

  6. The phrase "get mixed up" is correct and can be used in written English. You can use it when you're trying to refer to something having become confused or jumbled, either literally or figuratively. For example, "I got all of my dates mixed up, so I showed up for the wrong appointment."

  7. To be mixed up in something bad, or with someone you disapprove of, means to be involved in it or with them. How could David be mixed up in a murder? Why did I ever get mixed up with you?

  8. If you get mixed up, you get confused about something.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.