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 my mixed race is all mixed up in that story too.
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Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2025
His Kerr is a lover, a fighter, an athlete, a winner and a loser, all mixed up in one human being.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
This isn’t the first time Rice has been mixed up in something with negative attention.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
On Tuesday, he got mixed up in the trade of the century, when he got dealt from the Orioles to the Blue Jays — between games of a doubleheader between the Orioles and the Blue Jays!
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
At the same time, a civilian named Reuben (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) is crossing the Atlantic on a boat with his kids in tow; the family shipwrecks and thus gets mixed up in the adventure.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
Under the new drawing method, envelopes containing names of all the teams that missed the postseason the prior campaign were mixed up in a sphere before then-commissioner David Stern reached in, grabbed one and revealed it to the world.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 25 June 2025
Seems like a messy situation for newly sober Bree to be mixed up in!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 June 2025
The other galaxy mixed up in this merger is at least ten times larger than SDSSJ232323.79+104107.7.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 May 2025
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Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2025
His Kerr is a lover, a fighter, an athlete, a winner and a loser, all mixed up in one human being.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
This isn’t the first time Rice has been mixed up in something with negative attention.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
On Tuesday, he got mixed up in the trade of the century, when he got dealt from the Orioles to the Blue Jays — between games of a doubleheader between the Orioles and the Blue Jays!
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
At the same time, a civilian named Reuben (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) is crossing the Atlantic on a boat with his kids in tow; the family shipwrecks and thus gets mixed up in the adventure.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
Under the new drawing method, envelopes containing names of all the teams that missed the postseason the prior campaign were mixed up in a sphere before then-commissioner David Stern reached in, grabbed one and revealed it to the world.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 25 June 2025
Seems like a messy situation for newly sober Bree to be mixed up in!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 June 2025
The other galaxy mixed up in this merger is at least ten times larger than SDSSJ232323.79+104107.7.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 May 2025
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