by mistake

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   by accident; without intending to

In the movies · 13

• - Don't smoke it by mistake. - Yeah.Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019
• - She opened that door by mistake. - Trying to get away.Suddenly, Last Summer1959
• My ship has crash-landed here by mistake.Toy Story1995
• That I got here by mistake.Wristcutters: A Love Story2007
• I guess I got yours by mistake.Madame Web2024
• I feel like something he loaded by mistake.Gone Girl2014
• We fell in here by mistakeThe Polar Express2004
• Remember the time Bobby tackled the referee by mistake?The Waterboy1998

Learn it in full scenes

• Suddenly, Last Summer1959
  • A Doctor, a Letter, and Money
  • Mrs. Venable Meets Dr. Cukrowicz
  • Mrs. Venable Shows the Garden
• Toy Story1995
  • Toy Story Opening Western Play
  • Toys Panic Over Andy's Birthday
  • Buzz Arrives in Andy's Room

From the same entry

• and no mistake
• make no mistake
• in mistake for
• mistake for

More idioms

• why not
• you're kidding
• keep your ears open
• or anything
• in person
• take turns
• by itself
• in the meantime
• be in control
• beat about the bush
• to cut a long story short
• the elephant in the room