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Examples of mislay
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She would forget names once in a while and would mislay her car keys on occasion.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
There is even a dressing-up box, should you happen to mislay your feather boa.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
If you mislay the voucher and exceed the time limit your voucher is worthless.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
You can mislay your information or file it so far down you've lost it.
From the mirror.co.uk
Halfway through the trip, they mislay her medication.
From the guardian.co.uk
It has allowed the literary world to discover and then mislay him regularly during nearly 40 years of brisk activity.
From the time.com
I mislay insect repellent and lip balm repeatedly.
From the guardian.co.uk
The grandchildren mislay the faith while inheriting the wealth that comes as an ironic dividend of cheapening values.
From the time.com
I have managed not to neglect, mislay or set fire to either of them yet despite some people's comments that I cannot even look after myself properly.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Misplace: place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses"
- (mislaid) lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place; "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets"
- Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property is a category of the common law of property which deals with personal property which has left the possession of its rightful owner without having directly entered the possession of another person.
- To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it
- A brazen or promiscuous young woman.
