misplaceverb [ T ]
uk/ˌmɪsˈpleɪs/us/ˌmɪsˈpleɪs/C2 to lose something temporarily by forgetting where you have put it:
She misplaced her keys so often that her secretary used to carry spare ones for her.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Losing and loss
- astray
- black hole
- disappear
- forfeit
- get to
- haemorrhage
- kiss
- lose
- lose your way idiom
- loss
- lost
- mislay
- miss
- say
- say goodbye to sth idiom
- slip through sb's fingers idiom
- stray
- walkabout
- wave
- wave/say goodbye to sth idiom
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