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by mistake

[by mistake] {adv. phr.} As the result of a mistake; through error. * /He picked up the wrong hat by mistake./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Sigmund Freud

(1856-1939), psychoanalyst America is a mistake, a giant mistake! www.sky-net-eye.com

goof up

[goof up] {v. phr.} To make a mistake (usually not serious). See also: [blunder], [screw up] - bad mistake. www.sky-net-eye.com

throw something in one's face

[throw something in one's face] or [throw something in one's teeth] {v. phr.} To blame a person for (something wrong); not allow someone to forget (a mistake or failure). - […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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