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Mix-up   /mɪks-əp/   Listen
noun
mix-up  n.  A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.
Synonyms: confusion, confounding.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Mix-up" Quotes from Famous Books



... get into some bad mix-up, poor fellow?" If there had been anything like that, no wonder it broke her up ...
— T. Tembarom • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... know what he was talking about, but surmised that he had gotten into a mix-up with the quartermaster sergeant. ...
— Defenders of Democracy • Militia of Mercy

... we ever met, and lucky it will probably be for me if we never meet again; for if Jim still lives and there is aught in this story he sees occasion to take exception to, I am sure to be due for a mix-up I can ...
— The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier • Edgar Beecher Bronson

... time if we give ourselves a minute's rest," he panted. "When we start in again we'll have our second wind. They haven't got out of that mix-up yet. Besides, they'll come on more cautiously now. They won't know how many ...
— Army Boys in the French Trenches • Homer Randall

... arrive to-day from Vermont for a long visit. We haven't seen her since she was six years old, but I took a chance on recognizing her. And then there was the name! How could I guess there would be two Bettys looking for two Uncle Dicks! Don't be mad, Betty; you can see a mix-up like that wouldn't happen twice in a ...
— Betty Gordon in Washington • Alice B. Emerson


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