mistake
noun
an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
have been mistaking
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present perfect progressiveof mistake.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"My dear young lady," he protested, "do you mean to tell me—" "You have been mistaking me for someone else, I think," she said calmly.
From The Golden Web by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Oddly enough, in this instance, both morality and science have been beside the mark to the degree that they have been mistaking a symptom for a cause.
From Preventable Diseases by Woods Hutchinson
Why, look here, for all you know, you may have been mistaking somebody else for me all the time—don't you see?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 13, 1890 by Various
Oh, I suppose people have been mistaking me for you, is that it?
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Bertram Mitford
"I think it will do so, sir, when you find that the objects that you have been mistaking for giants are only windmills after all," he said.
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
