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mix-up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mix-up has 1 sense
- mix-up(n = noun.act) confusion - a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw" is a kind of error, fault, mistake
CIDE DICTIONARY
mix-up, n.
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another. [WordNet 1.5]
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