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TO MISUNDERSTAND
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Definition
TO MISUNDERSTAND - [verb] to understand something wrongly; misinterpret
Examples of use
Don't take offence! You must have misunderstood me.
The main reason for conflicts in a family is that members of different generations tend to misunderstand each other.
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