mix up in
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.
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Paredes has been mixed up in trade rumors early on this winter.
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Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Josephine’s former guidance counselor recalls that words, tastes, and colors would sometimes get mixed up in her head—episodes that left her distressed and that the counselor never understood.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
This isn’t the first time Rice has been mixed up in something with negative attention.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
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Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Josephine’s former guidance counselor recalls that words, tastes, and colors would sometimes get mixed up in her head—episodes that left her distressed and that the counselor never understood.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
This isn’t the first time Rice has been mixed up in something with negative attention.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Mix up in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mix%20up%20in. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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