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mistake windmills for giants en · VERB

Etymology

Something to do with Don Quixote...

Meanings

  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.

Forms

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mistaking windmills for giants Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mistakes windmills for giants Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
mistook windmills for giants Tense=Past lexicographic
mistaken windmills for giants Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

tilt at windmills · throw one's cap over the windmill

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