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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
mishear .
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Examples
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I'm not sure if he mishears me, but he tells me "a lot of women get pregnant here."
Rebecca Walker: Late Bloomers Rebecca Walker 2010
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Instead, you fight them by insisting that they were steering the conversating into some dark scary place, where such things must not be openly discussed ... and if someone mishears an echo, it must be retracted atonce!
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But he also has classic moments when he mishears things that are clearly spoken, too.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2010
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I'm not sure if he mishears me, but he tells me "a lot of women get pregnant here."
Rebecca Walker: Late Bloomers Rebecca Walker 2010
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I'm not sure if he mishears me, but he tells me "a lot of women get pregnant here."
Rebecca Walker: Late Bloomers Rebecca Walker 2010
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His dad is sent to be in charge of a place Bruno mishears as "Out-With" throughout the book, even though that makes no sense considering he's supposed to be speaking German.
A despicable book amuchmoreexotic 2008
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He tends not to take in everything that doctors tell him: he mishears or misfiles information, he blocks out bad news, he goes for the bottom line—what he has to do next and what a given medical issue means for him in a practical sense.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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I'm not sure if he mishears me, but he tells me "a lot of women get pregnant here."
Rebecca Walker: Late Bloomers Rebecca Walker 2010
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Instead, you fight them by insisting that they were steering the conversating into some dark scary place, where such things must not be openly discussed ... and if someone mishears an echo, it must be retracted atonce!
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As for the gratuitous sax & violins, these days, in addition to the lure of the salacious, there seems to be a defensive/legal element to it–make sure they know Rick & Ilsa were making The Beast With Two Backs, or some dipstick with a bully pulpit & a following who mishears a lineor never even sees it will somehow assume they were swapping outfits, or molesting llamas, or Wotan knows what.
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