misspeakverb [ I ]
uk/ˌmɪsˈspiːk/us/ˌmɪsˈspiːk/present participle misspeaking, past tense misspoke, past participle misspoken mainly USto say something that is not correct, by mistake:
The Secretary denied lying, but said that he misspoke.
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Saying & uttering
- (your) every word idiom
- add
- articulate
- come
- come out with sth
- every
- fall
- find your voice idiom
- floor
- get sth in
- in words of one syllable idiom
- intone
- mouth
- phrase
- speak
- string
- text
- think
- use
- utterance
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