mix

Definition

  • verb: to combine (two or more things) to make one thing that is the same throughout
  • verb: to combine or blend into one mass
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: join, associate, mingle

Examples

  • Playing golf with clients is one way to 'mix business with pleasure'. [=to do something enjoyable that is related to your work]

  • I accidentally 'mixed up' the two files. [=I put each of the files in the place where the other one should have gone]

  • He 'got mixed up in' a plan to destroy the government. [=he became involved in a plan to destroy the government]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) About Polyakov. There is a mole. If it's bad, don't come back. I want to remember you all as you were. Percy? Percy, did you mix this? Aye, I did so. You Calvinistic, penny-pinching Scot. Can you nae learn to take a bloody order? Nobody tampers with the recipe! (..)
    2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy