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Idioms and Phrases
Take someone or something for someone or something else, as in I'm sorry, I mistook you for her sister , or Don't mistake that friendly smile for good intentions; he's a tough competitor . [c. 1600]Example Sentences
It was against that backdrop Onana made a catastrophic mistake for Lyon's opening goal in the 2-2 draw, then erred for the injury-time equaliser, the negativity for that heightened massively by the first inexplicable blunder.
But Bayindir's kicking was shaky and he made a mistake for the home side's fourth goal.
But the way things are going I think it would be a huge mistake for the opposition to just ignore this talk.
That video featured a clip of Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, owner of the Los Angeles Times, saying he felt it was a mistake for the newspaper to endorse Bass in 2022.
On Monday morning, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of The Times, said it was “a mistake” for the paper to have endorsed Bass in 2022 in an interview on “The Morning Meeting,” a YouTube-based politics show.
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