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mistake

/mɪˈsteɪk/
noun
  1. An error; a blunder.

  2. A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.

verb
  1. To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

    "Don't mistake my kindness for weakness."

  2. To misunderstand (someone).

  3. To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.

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