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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]Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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