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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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Vance told podcaster Theo Von that it was a "big mistake" for the Tesla and SpaceX CEO to attack the president.

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"It was a mistake for Democrats to not listen to the voters earlier," Senator Chris Murphy said on Sunday.

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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.

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But Bayindir's kicking was shaky and he made a mistake for the home side's fourth goal.

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But the way things are going I think it would be a huge mistake for the opposition to just ignore this talk.

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