4.3.6.4 Mistake
Use this domain for words referring to mistakes--something bad that someone does by accident.
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(1) What words refer to a mistake?
Example words: mistake, error, slip, mix-up, slip-up, oversight, aberration
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(2) What words refer to a mistake in writing or speaking?
Example words: mistake, misprint, spelling mistake, slip of the tongue, error, typographical error, typo
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(3) What words refer to a serious mistake in judgment or planning?
Example words: mistake, miscalculation, misjudgment, error of judgment, be a bad move, blunder, bad tactics, muddle, confusion, mess something up, make a mess of something
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(4) What words refer to an embarrassing mistake?
Example words: put your foot in it, faux pas, gaffe, boo-boo, indiscretion
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(5) What words refer to making a mistake?
Example words: make a mistake, make an error, mistake something, go wrong, get something wrong, blunder, goof, goof up, slip up, misjudge, bungle
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(6) What words describe something done by mistake?
Example words: by mistake, mistaken, mistakenly, in error, erroneously
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(7) What words refer to mistaking one thing or person for another?
Example words: mistake something, confuse, mix someone up with, get something mixed up, muddle
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(8) What words refer to causing someone to make a mistake?
Example words: trip someone up, catch someone out
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(9) What do you say when you make a mistake?
Example words: oops