mislocate
verb[T]
uk/ˌmɪs.ləʊˈkeɪt/us/ˌmɪs.ˈloʊ.keɪt/towronglysay orthinkthat something is in aparticularplaceorposition:
We mislocated thetownof Millau: it is not, asstated, in the Pyrenees.
Archaeologists havelocatedanumberofsites,includingone that waspreviouslydocumentedbut mislocated.
- Heresearchesthecriteriaby whichpeoplelocateor mislocatesensationsas being incertainpartsoftheirbodies.
- We mislocated theseabattleoff thecoastof Egypt: it tookplaceoff thewestcoastof Greece.
Finding and discovering
- a fishing expeditionidiom
- ascertain
- break (fresh/new) groundidiom
- breakthrough
- bringsomethingto lightidiom
- catchsomeonered-handedidiom
- finding
- flushsomeone/somethingout
- fossick
- found
- pinpoint
- putsomeoneontosomething
- putyourfinger onsomethingidiom
- rake
- rakesomethingout
- red-handed
- rediscover
- rumble
- sniff
- uncover
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