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What (who) is mislay - definition
mislay
v. a.
1.
Misplace.
2.
Lose.
mislay
¦ verb (past and past participle mislaid) unintentionally put (an object) where it cannot readily be found.
mislay
(mislays, mislaying, mislaid)
If you mislay something, you put it somewhere and then forget where you have put it.
I appear to have mislaid my jumper.
= misplace
VERB: V n
Examples of use of mislay
1. How about the fact the British Government mislay private information?
2. Quint is not the first world–class musician to mislay his instrument.
3. I worry I might suffer an episode of "bag psychosis" and somehow mislay 1,400 worth of handbag.
4. Naomi Campbell (right) screams like a streetcorner "ho" that British Airways "disrespected" her because it managed to mislay one of her suitcases at T5.
5. Hundreds of one–off emergency passports are being held in reserve in Germany for supporters who mislay them, whether by getting drunk, being careless or falling victim to crime.