mix up with

verb

mixed up with; mixing up with; mixes up with

1

: to mistakenly put (something) with (something else)

Did my homework get mixed up with your papers?

2

: to cause (someone) to become involved with (a particular group of people and especially with people who cause trouble)

She was mixed up with the wrong crowd.

teenage boys getting mixed up with gangs

Examples of mix up with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This happens because of fuel being mixed up with diesel; unburned fuel mixed with regular fuel. — January 9, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026

Marty isn’t getting mixed up with criminals and flirting with married actors on a self-destructive impulse, like Adam Sandler’s gambling addict in Uncut Gems or Robert Pattinson’s petty criminal in Good Time, another pulse-quickening Safdie-brothers production. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2025

Ty hopes the rebrand will keep his coffee shop from getting mixed up with the similarly-sounding franchise, Bambu, which serves Vietnamese dessert drinks. — Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Dec. 2025

So, how exactly did NFL teams get mixed up with a reality TV show about dancing celebrities? — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2025