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mistakes windmills for giants

mistakes windmills for giants is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 mistakes windmills for giants

What is mistakes windmills for giants the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mistakes windmills for giants is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mistake windmills for giants.

Words near mistakes windmills for giants in the dictionary

  1. mistakenness
  2. mistakeproof
  3. mistaker
  4. mistakers
  5. mistakes
  6. mistakes windmills for giants
  7. mistakest
  8. mistaketh
  9. mistaking
  10. mistaking windmills for giants
  11. mistakingly

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