mix sth up
— phrasal verb with mix uk/mɪks/us/mɪks/verb
to make a group of things untidy or badly organized, or to move them into the wrong order:
Don't mix up the bottles - you'll have to repeat the experiment if you do.
Your jigsaw puzzles and games are all mixed up together in that box.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making things dirty & untidy
- blacken
- blot
- clutter
- contaminate
- defile
- dirty
- disarrange
- foul
- mess
- mired
- mix
- muddle
- muddle sth up
- muss
- pollute
- polluter
- soil
- stain
- sully
- tarnish
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