in mistake for (something)

Mistaking one thing for something else. Manufacturers are being forced to package laundry detergent pods in childproof packaging, following a number of incidents in which young children have eaten the small, colorful products in mistake for candy. The defendant claims he simply grabbed the bag of narcotics in mistake for his own.

in miˈstake for something

thinking that something is something else: Children may eat pills in mistake for sweets.

词组	in mistake for (something)
释义	in mistake for (something) in mistake for (something) Mistaking one thing for something else. Manufacturers are being forced to package laundry detergent pods in childproof packaging, following a number of incidents in which young children have eaten the small, colorful products in mistake for candy. The defendant claims he simply grabbed the bag of narcotics in mistake for his own. See also: mistake Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. in miˈstake for something thinking that something is something else: Children may eat pills in mistake for sweets. See also: mistake, something Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: in mistake for something in the laundry there is no mistaking someone or something there's no mistaking (someone or something) there's no mistaking somebody/something heap of heap of (something) any old in (someone's or something's) stead in somebody's/something's stead
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