Collocations for "mistake"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "mistake" in context.
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mistake
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [grave, small, minor, major, serious] mistake
- [some, several, a few, a lot of, 10] mistakes
- mistakes [on, in] the [test, exam, assignment]
- her [test] was full of mistakes
- made [a terrible, an unforgivable] mistake
- [make, correct, spot, point out] a mistake
- learn from your mistakes
- hasn't made any mistakes
- got away with the mistake
- excuse me, (that was) my mistake
- [I apologize, I'm sorry] about the mistake
- it's an easy mistake (to make)
- it's a common mistake
- it was all a big mistake
- it was a mistake to ask (you for help)
- make no mistake (about it), I'm [serious, not joking]
- a mistake on [my, the company's, her coworker's] part
- a mistake in [calculation, timing, quantity, judgement]
- a mistake of their own making
- too many mistakes in [grammar, spelling, structure]
- mistook me for [someone else, my dad]
- do you mistake me for a...?
- do not mistake me for a
- mistook me for a [crook, killer]
- cannot mistake that [voice, face, smell]
- there's no mistaking [that voice, the sound]
- don't mistake the [fact, message] for
- mistook her [meaning, sincerity, kindness] for
'mistake' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
account
- accountable
- admit
- afford
- anguish
- another
- aware
- big
- bill
- billing
- blank
- blight
- can
- capital
- careless
- catch
- clearly
- common
- consequence
- construe
- correction
- deal
- delete
- detection
- doing
- embarrassing
- entirely
- expensive
- explain
- fix
- forgive
- ghastly
- grammar
- grave
- haunt
- honest
- horrible
- innocent
- invoice
- lesson
- liability
- lucky
- major
- make
- mark
- me
- mention
- minor
- miss
- my