errverb [ I ]
uk/ɜːr/us/ɝː//er/formalto make a mistake or to do something wrong:
He erred in agreeing to her appointment to the position.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making mistakes
- balls
- balls (sth) up
- blunder
- bodge
- botch
- drop
- famous last words idiom
- goof
- making
- misdirect
- misstate
- put
- slip up
- speak/talk out of turn idiom
- to err is human (to forgive divine). idiom
- trip
- trip (sb) up
- turn
- unforced
- wrong
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Idiom(s)
err on the side of caution
to err is human (to forgive divine).