mistook

[mi-stook]

verb

1. the simple past tense of mistake.

mistook

/ mɪˈstʊk /

verb

1. the past tense of mistake

Example Sentences

An MP has admitted he mistook a charity rowing crew for "illegal migrants".

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The German U-boat had been spotted earlier that morning, but a crew member mistook it for a small fishing vessel.

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Mr Perks, a consultant plastic surgeon who had recently retired, was woken by the break-in and initially mistook the defendant for his son, before Brooks stabbed him in the abdomen.

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The restaurant initially mistook Paul for his identical twin "coming back for seconds" and denied him any food.

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"We will make mistakes," he said in February, after his department mistook a region of Mozambique for Hamas-controlled Gaza while cutting an aid programme.

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Related Words

• confuse 
• miscalculate 
• misconstrue 
• misinterpret 
• misjudge 
• misread 
• overestimate 
• overlook 
• underestimate