See mix it up on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 2, in This Side of Paradise",
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"(idiomatic) To compete vigorously, to quarrel, or to fight physically."
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"ref": "1933, Robert Collins, The Convention",
"text": "And Carl hasn't really been mixing it up with the fans.",
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"ref": "2010 Meet the Press interview with Colin Powell, speaking of Sarah Palin",
"text": "Q. What is her impact right now on the Republican Party, and does it bother you?\nA. She's a star. Why--it doesn't bother me. I mean, she is out there mixing it up, she's conveying her views, she's animating people to come forward and participate in the political process."
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"ref": "2015 BBC interview by Jon Sopel with Barack Obama, 24 July. Answer to a question about his trip to Kenya",
"text": "This one's more business. You don't have the time to travel. You don't have the time to, ah, mix it up."
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"ref": "2002, Kathy Etling, The Art of Whitetail Deception, page 95",
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"text": "Q. What is her impact right now on the Republican Party, and does it bother you?\nA. She's a star. Why--it doesn't bother me. I mean, she is out there mixing it up, she's conveying her views, she's animating people to come forward and participate in the political process."
},
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"ref": "2015 BBC interview by Jon Sopel with Barack Obama, 24 July. Answer to a question about his trip to Kenya",
"text": "This one's more business. You don't have the time to travel. You don't have the time to, ah, mix it up."
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