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Synonyms

mix it up

Idioms  

  1. Get in a fight, as in The driver got out and began to mix it up with the other driver. This expression uses mix in referring to physical mingling. [c. 1900]

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The vice president, who is promoting a new book titled “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, added that Trump “likes to mix it up on social media.”

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

If things get spicy, there’s always Abbey Murphy, the Minnesota scorer and fireball who will mix it up with anyone, including a goalie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Healthy knee or not, she was ready to mix it up with the best skiers in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

To mix it up, served with a fried egg on top and - voila - you have a croque madame.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Vegas, for his part, seemed not too anxious to mix it up with him and they spent most of the first round fighting at a distance.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

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