mix-up

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

(informal) a situation that is full of confusion, especially because sb has made a mistake SYNMUDDLE: There has been a mix-up over the dates.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

mix-upEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus mix-upEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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