Song lyrics are often misheard, even by native speakers.
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Misheard
//ˈmɪs.hɝd//
Synonyms for "misheard"
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"Did you really just ask me that?" "Ask you what?" "If I'll marry you." "If you'll marry me? You must've misheard me. I'm holding this box with a freakishly expensive diamond ring you were head over heels for just now as a joke, and I'm kneeling in front of you in a suit because I'm working out. Asking you to marry me…I wouldn't do that so unexpectedly."
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Ziri misheard his mother.
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At first, Tom thought he had misheard.
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