mix up with else Go to mistake for
mix (one) up with (someone)
1. To confuse or mistake one person for another. I always mix Kelly up with her younger sister—they look so much alike! Sorry, I think I'm mixing him up with someone from the accounting team.
2. To involve or embroil one with some other person, especially someone who is problematic, unpleasant, dangerous, etc. Often used in passive constructions. I heard Tom's gotten mixed up with some pretty shady people since he moved to New York City. I don't want you mixing Sarah up with any troublemakers, you hear me?
See also: mix, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
mix someone up with someone else Go to mistake someone for someone
else.
See also: else, go, mistake, mix, up
mix something up with something else Go to mistake something for something
else.
See also: else, go, mistake, mix, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- mix (one) up with (someone)
- mixed up with
- mistake (someone or something) for (someone or something)
- mistake for
- mix
- mix (something) up with (something else)
- mix up
- mixed up
- confuse about
- confuse about (something)