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

Recent Examples on the Web

Han and Trish's parents are rivals, mixed up in the risky real estate business in Oakland, Calif. —Angela Andaloro, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025

Currently, the live-action Snow White is mixed up in at least half a dozen more controversies than Disney would care to have associated with its most reliable moneymaker. —Constance Grady, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025

Despite intensive preparations and simulations, the migration/transition process from old system to new system still encountered problems, such as mix up in the scheduling of cabin crew, which subsequently led to flight delays and cancellations. —IEEE Spectrum, 23 Nov. 2010

Beck is mixed up in a much larger criminal organization run by a guy named Quinn (Brian Tee) with whom Reacher shares a dark past. —Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025

In this holiday entry from Aardman's long-running stop-motion Shaun the Sheep franchise, little lamb Timmy gets mixed up in the farmer's preparations for the town's Christmas Eve festival. —EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024

Fresh off winning the first Super Bowl ring of his career, Rice was arrested after a car crash in Dallas and allegedly got mixed up in an incident with a photographer. —Ryan Morik, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024

Cars, tractors, horses and other figurines are mixed up in the clouds for her windswept outfit. —Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024

Sharon is knocked unconscious during this phase, and the rest hurry around the house looking for ingredients for an antidote which Jen wants to mix up in the sink. —Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024