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mistaken windmills for giants

mistaken windmills for giants is the past participle of mistake windmills for giants.

Meaning of mistake windmills for giants

Verb

mistake windmills for giants (third-person singular simple present mistakes windmills for giants, present participle mistaking windmills for giants, simple past mistook windmills for giants, past participle mistaken windmills for giants)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To perceive ordinary, nonthreatening objects or situations as significant dangers or adversaries, often due to an overly romantic, idealistic, or deluded worldview.

Questions about mistaken windmills for giants

What is mistaken windmills for giants the past participle of?
Mistaken windmills for giants is the past participle of mistake windmills for giants.

Words near mistaken windmills for giants in the dictionary

  1. mistakeless
  2. mistakelessness
  3. mistaken
  4. mistaken identities
  5. mistaken identity
  6. mistaken windmills for giants
  7. mistakenly
  8. mistakenness
  9. mistakeproof
  10. mistaker
  11. mistakers

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