Everyday English
mix up
rearrange people or things
To mix up people or things means to change how they are arranged or grouped.
Hear it in real life
Are we playing with the same partners?
No, the organiser mixed up the teams.
The teacher mixed up the teams before the final round.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The coach did new teams for the final round.
Say: The coach mixed up the teams for the final round.
Use “mix up the teams” to say you changed who was grouped together; “do teams” is not the natural phrase.
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How it fits in a sentence.
mix up the teams; mixed up the teams
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Your turn: say it out loud
The teacher mixed up the teams before the final round.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
mix up
rearrange people or things
“The teacher mixed up the teams before the final round.”
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