mix sth/sb up
— Phrasal Verb with mix /mɪks/ verbDefinition
› to confuse two people or things by thinking that one person or thing is the other person or thing: People often mix them up because they look so similar.
(Definition of mix sth/sb up from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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