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Definition of mislay:
Synonyms:
drop off, misplace, miss, turn a loss, recede, remove, get, unsettle, suffer, lose, crowd out, fall back, fall behind.
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derange (part of speech: verb)
- disorganize,
- convulse,
- discompose,
- disarrange,
- tamper,
- muddle,
- scatter,
- derange,
- hash,
- displace,
- jumble,
- swirl,
- whisk,
- toss,
- ruffle,
- dislocate,
- mess,
- confuse,
- trouble,
- roil,
- disturb,
- roughen,
- churn,
- rummage,
- mix-up,
- meddle,
- dishevel,
- botch,
- capsize,
- misplace,
- confound,
- agitate,
- tumble,
- clutter,
- upset,
- scramble,
- rumple,
- ripple,
- ferment,
- perturb,
- whip,
- disorder,
- tousle,
- blur,
- muss
Usage examples:
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" I know how easy it is to mislay anything in a camp of this sort.
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A good- natured, flighty boy is suspected, absolutely without reason, as it turns out; though he is the sort of boy to mislay his own books and other portable property to any extent, and to make no great difficulty under pressure of immediate need, and at the last moment, about borrowing some one else's chattels.
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He instructed Mrs. Petty, however, on no account to destroy or mislay any journal, but to keep them in a pile in his study.