fatal mistake

collocation in English

meaningsoffatalandmistake

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fatal
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪ.təl/us
/ˈfeɪ.t̬əl/
A fatal illness, accident, etc. ...
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mistake
noun[C]
uk
/mɪˈsteɪk/us
/mɪˈsteɪk/
an action, decision, or judgment that produces an unwanted or ...
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(Definition offatalandmistakefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffatal mistake

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She made thefatalmistakeof attacking our strength instead of sticking to attacking our weakness.
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I think that it contains afatalmistake.
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I thought that that was afatalmistake.
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I fear he has made afatalmistake, and one which will bring ill-feeling between the police and the people of our country.
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I earnestly hope that thatfatalmistakewill not be repeated.
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It would be afatalmistaketo increase the salt tax in any way.
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It is afatalmistakeever to give in to the kind of cruel bullying that we have seen in the course of the strike.
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I hope very much that he will do it and will not make the samefatalmistakethat was made last time.
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Unless we do, all the precautions that we take may, through somefatalmistake, be as nothing.
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He made thefatalmistakeof taking a two-minute contribution and delivering it in about 20 seconds.
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I submit, further, that if you wish to achieve results it is afatalmistaketo have dual control.
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I say last, but not least, that if they intend to do what they propose they are making afatalmistake.
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Thefatalmistakewas the indecision of the policy we were following.
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I suggest that is afatalmistakefor an island nation.
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That is afatalmistakewhich we must not make now.
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I submit, therefore, that it was afatalmistakewhen we did not accept that offer.
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You cannot standardise the human mind, and it would be afatalmistaketo attempt to do it.
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Linking those two matters was thefatalmistakethat was made last year during the price review negotiations.
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It would surely be afatalmistakefor the main national museums and galleries to have different policies on admission charges to their permanent collections?
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