mistake someone for someone
— Phrasal Verb with mistake /mɪˈsteɪk/ verb (present participle mistaking, past tense mistook, past participle mistaken)Definition
› to think that someone is a different person: People sometimes mistake him for a girl.
(Definition of mistake someone for someone from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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