MIXED UP

{adj. phr.}, {informal} Confused in mind; puzzled. * /Bob was all mixed up after the accident./ Compare: BALL UP(1). 2. Disordered; disarranged; not neat. * /The papers on his desk were mixed up./ 3. {informal} Joined or connected (with someone or something bad). * /Harry was mixed up in a fight after the game./ * /Mary's father told her not to get mixed up with the students that always break school rules./