mix up in
phrasal verb
mixed up in; mixing up in; mixes up in
: to cause (someone) to be involved in (a usually dangerous or improper activity or situation)
He got mixed up in a plan to destroy the government.
Examples of mix up in in a Sentence
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And an amendment on data collection is mixed up in the bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the controversial statute that authorizes the National Security Agency, which expires later this month.
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Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 5 Apr. 2024
Printing the legend for 100 years One thing that comes through in the transcript is the extent to which gamblers were mixed up in baseball — and that everyone knew about it.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2024
It is made from the same raw materials as tequila and mixed up in the same part of Mexico.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023
Colby was mixed up in drugs and getting in trouble.
—Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2023
Good f---ing people get mixed up in the struggle and lose a piece of their soul as the price of admission.
—Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
The movie follows a money-laundering scheme that causes the art world and crime world to overlap, with Joe Manganiello and Debi Mazar mixed up in the chaos as well.
—Dan Heching, CNN, 4 Sep. 2023
There must have been a mix up in the city offices, because trucks eventually came and hauled away her mulch.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Aug. 2023
City Primeval finds Raylan far away from his familiar turf in either Miami or Harlan, traveling up to Detroit to drop off a fugitive, and then getting mixed up in a citywide hunt for spree killer Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook).
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2023
Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 5 Apr. 2024
Printing the legend for 100 years One thing that comes through in the transcript is the extent to which gamblers were mixed up in baseball — and that everyone knew about it.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2024
It is made from the same raw materials as tequila and mixed up in the same part of Mexico.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023
Colby was mixed up in drugs and getting in trouble.
—Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2023
Good f---ing people get mixed up in the struggle and lose a piece of their soul as the price of admission.
—Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
The movie follows a money-laundering scheme that causes the art world and crime world to overlap, with Joe Manganiello and Debi Mazar mixed up in the chaos as well.
—Dan Heching, CNN, 4 Sep. 2023
There must have been a mix up in the city offices, because trucks eventually came and hauled away her mulch.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Aug. 2023
City Primeval finds Raylan far away from his familiar turf in either Miami or Harlan, traveling up to Detroit to drop off a fugitive, and then getting mixed up in a citywide hunt for spree killer Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook).
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2023
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