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mistake for
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
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.
McConnell said venturing down that path would be a mistake for Kennedy and the country.
“I think it's a big mistake for countries - like Azerbaijan or United Arab Emirates or Egypt - who systematically violate human rights, to be accepted as eligible host countries,” said Azerbaijani journalist and environmental campaigner Emin Huseynov.
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