mistake (someone or something) for (someone or something)
mistake (someone or something) for (someone or something)
To confuse someone or something for someone or something else. I always mistake Kelly for her sister. They just look so much alike!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
mistake (someone) for (someone else)
and mix (someone) up with (someone else)to confuse someone with someone else; to think that one person is another person. I'm sorry. I mistook you for John. Tom is always mistaking Bill for me. We don't look a thing alike, though. Try not to mix Bill up with Bob, his twin.
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mistake (something) for (something else)
and mix (something) up with (something else)to confuse two things with each other. Please don't mix this idea up with that one. I mistook my book for yours.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
mistake for
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]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
mistake for
v.
To wrongly perceive that someone or something is someone or something else: I'm sorry to have bothered you—I mistook you for a friend of mine. Don't mistake the poison ivy for a box elder vine!
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- mistake for
- be in bad with (someone)
- and no mistake
- and no mistake!
- by mistake
- burnt
- a burnt child dreads the fire
- come down on
- come down on (someone or something)
- dearly