"mix it up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-mix it up.ogg Forms: mixes it up [present, singular, third-person], mixing it up [participle, present], mixed it up [participle, past], mixed it up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} mix it up (third-person singular simple present mixes it up, present participle mixing it up, simple past and past participle mixed it up)
  1. (idiomatic) To compete vigorously, to quarrel, or to fight physically. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-mix_it_up-en-verb-aEfu20Ep
  2. To engage with people, relate to people.
    Sense id: en-mix_it_up-en-verb-1wxB~eGe
  3. To create one or more variations of the usual way in which something is done.
    Sense id: en-mix_it_up-en-verb-kLCWurOV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 5 84 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 13 7 80 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 28 28 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 4 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 4 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: in the mix, mix up

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 2, in This Side of Paradise:",
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        "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."
        },
        {
          "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, →ISBN, page 95:",
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        },
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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",
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