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Antonyms for mix up

Grammar : Verb
Spell : miks-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪksˌʌp

Definition of mix up

Origin :
  • 1530s, back-formation from Middle English myxte (early 15c.) "composed of more than one element, of mixed nature," from Anglo-French mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere "to mix, mingle, blend; fraternize with; throw into confusion," from PIE *meik- "to mix" (cf. Sanskrit misrah "mixed," Greek misgein, mignynai "to mix, mix up, mingle; to join, bring together; join (battle); make acquainted with," Old Church Slavonic meÅ¡o, mesiti "to mix," Russian meshat, Lithuanian maiÅ¡au "to mix, mingle," Welsh mysgu). Also borrowed in Old English as miscian. Related: Mixed; mixing.
  • verb confuse
Example sentences :
  • But now, I swear, I mix up with the loss, his triumph in telling it.
  • Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
  • Take the message as I have given it you, and do not dare to mix up anything of your own with it.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • You mix up princess-ing and real, so that I get quite muddled.
  • Extract from : « A Christmas Posy » by Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth
  • Then I simply cannot understand why you want to mix up in this rat business.
  • Extract from : « The Rat Racket » by David Henry Keller
  • Both are means of noble education—but you must not mix up the two.
  • Extract from : « On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by John Ruskin
  • Anyhow, I don't see what great call you got to mix up in it.
  • Extract from : « The Brass Bound Box » by Evelyn Raymond
  • You mix up justification and sanctification, as though they were but one.
  • Extract from : « It Might Have Been » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • "But tell us how you came to mix up with that bunch," he continued.
  • Extract from : « Bar-20 Days » by Clarence E. Mulford
  • I don't know as I want to mix up in any of your lawless operations.
  • Extract from : « Motor Matt's "Century" Run » by Stanley R. Matthews
  • For heaven's sake, don't let's try to mix up business with pleasure.
  • Extract from : « The Drunkard » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

Synonyms for mix up

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