[
US
/ˈmɪkˌsəp/
]
NOUN
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a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw
How To Use mix-up In A Sentence
- Both photos were going into the article but one had to be dropped due to space and that is when the caption mix-up happened.
- My only explanation if there wasn't a mix-up is that immature birds have much shorter beaks than their parents.
- He says the sun will only shine on him if it rains for at least a month. Cot death mix-up.
- I had all her ID because of a mix-up in Bamako, and I took that tin box, with that in it and some other stuff. TROPIC OF NIGHT
- Three minutes later a mix-up in the Fenor goalmouth was penalised when Brian Canty appeared to get the final touch as the ball was scrambled to the net.
- Readers will remember Philip Roe's freezer mix-up, which resulted in his gin being infiltrated with keema matar.
- It was prompted by the death of 22-year-old Jill Griffiths, from Skipton, who suffered a fatal overdose of the painkiller diamorphine in a mix-up over similar capsules with different amounts of the drug.
- Both sides yesterday remained coy over the apparent mix-up. The Sun
- Anyone who discloses financial information via the internet is vulnerable to fraud or electronic mix-ups.
- His admission to the National Convention resulted from an electoral mix-up, when electors from the Oise nominated "Bourdon, substitute procureur at Paris and one of the conquerors of the Bastille. Names
