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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. See also: mistake 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. See also: mistake mistake somebody/something for somebody/something to think that a person or thing is really someone or something else The prison buildings could almost be mistaken for a college campus. See also: mistake How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Made with the best intentions -- but a mistake for all that. Some one will make a mistake for certain and take the wrong ones--he will be a happy man. |
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