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mix-up

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mix-up also mix·up (mksp)
n.
1. A state or an instance of confusion; a muddle: maddening bureaucratic mix-ups.
2. Informal A fight or melee.

mix-up
Noun
a confused condition or situation
Verb
mix up
1. to make into a mixture
2. to confuse: he mixes Ryan up with Lee
3. mixed up in involved in (an activity or group, esp. one that is illegal): she's mixed up in a drugs racket
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mix-up - a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"
error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

mix-up
Translations
mix-up [ˈmɪksʌp] nconfusión f
mix-up [ˈmɪksʌp] mix n there was a mix-up → il y a eu confusion
mix-up [ˈmɪksʌp] mix nDurcheinander nt
mix-up [ˈmɪksʌp] nconfusione f


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The boy fell against the Horner, so that all went tumbling down the slide in a regular mix-up, unable to see where they were going because of the darkness.
Leaving Saxon under the protection of the Irishman in an outer eddy of calm, Billy plunged back into the mix-up.
He locked with Nelson in the cockpit of the Reindeer, and in the mix-up barely escaped being brained by an iron bar wielded by irate French Frank--irate because a two-handed man had attacked a one- handed man.
 
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