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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of mishear.

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Examples

  • And that Pettitte "misheard" Clemens say he took HGH?

    Before Congress, Clemens knocks self out of box 2008

  • Do you have a favourite "misheard" lyric to share with us here at Sync?

    ‘Scuse me while I “Kiss This Guy”! | Sync Blog 2007

  • When Clemens was asked if that was true, he said that Pettitte remains his good friend, but -- quote -- "misheard" and -- quote -- "misremembered."

    CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2008 2008

  • When Clemens was asked if that was true, he said that Pettitte remains his good friend but "misheard" and "misremembered."

    CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2008 2008

  • The comment, which Davis claims was "misheard", refers to

    New Statesman 2010

  • In short order, Clemens broadcast a secretly recorded phone conversation with McNamee that made him sound like a mob enforcer, dared Congress to make a federal case out of it, and doubled down by insisting everybody else either "misheard" or "misremembered" what he said and did.

    theithacajournal.com - 2010

  • 2005 - August 22 - George Noory plays back earlier statements of Biscardi's showing that Noory had not "misheard" Biscardi when he claimed the Bigfoot was 800 pounds.

    Cryptomundo 2008

  • 2005 - August 22 - George Noory plays back earlier statements of Biscardi's showing that Noory had not "misheard" Biscardi when he claimed the Bigfoot was 800 pounds.

    Cryptomundo 2008

  • 2005 - August 22 - George Noory plays back earlier statements of Biscardi's showing that Noory had not "misheard" Biscardi when he claimed the Bigfoot was 800 pounds.

    Cryptomundo 2008

  • Young people's judge Mark Aronson joked about the error Wednesday, noting how a misheard phone call in Game 5 of the World Series from the St. Louis Cardinals' dugout to the team's bullpen led to the wrong pitcher on the mound at a crucial moment and to the Cardinals' defeat by the Texas Rangers.

    National Book Awards: Jesmyn Ward's 'Salvage The Bones' Wins 2011

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