Mix up
Mix up verb - To undo the proper order or arrangement of.
Usage example: in my rush I had mixed up the files and had to sort them out later
Order
Order verb - To put into a particular arrangement.
Both terms in one sentence
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Commonly said by members of the Onett police force in EarthBound, although they tend to mix up the word order after repeating it too many times.
Source: Move Along, Nothing to See Here -
Possibly in order to mix up the color palette a little, the artists changed Hawkeye's chest emblem to purple in post-production.
Source: Red Is Heroic - The numbers don't indicate a proper order at all, and just try to not mix up Battlefield: Vietnam (standalone game, second in the series) with Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam (Expansion Pack), among other things.
Source: Video Game / Battlefield
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