mishearverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˌmɪsˈhɪər/us/ˌmɪsˈhɪr/misheard, misheardto fail to hear someone's words correctly or in the way that was intended and to think that something different was said:
I'm sure I didn't say that! You must have misheard (me).
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Using the ears
- audio
- auditory
- be all ears idiom
- ear
- ears are flapping idiom
- earshot
- eavesdrop
- hark at sb! idiom
- hear
- hearken
- lend
- lend an ear idiom
- listen
- listen in on sth/sb
- overhear
- pin
- pin back your ears idiom
- prick
- prick (sth) up
- read my lips idiom
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