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v. (cognition) | 1. err, mistake, slip | to make a mistake or be incorrect. |
| ~ misremember | remember incorrectly.; "I misremembered the date" |
| ~ slip up, trip up, stumble | make an error.; "She slipped up and revealed the name" |
| ~ misjudge | judge incorrectly. |
| ~ fall for | be deceived, duped, or entrapped by.; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story" |
v. (motion) | 2. drift, err, stray | wander from a direct course or at random.; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ roam, rove, stray, vagabond, wander, ramble, range, swan, drift, tramp, cast, roll | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" |
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