mistaken
all wrong, amiss, distorted, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, flawed, garbled, in error, inaccurate, incorrect, misapprehended, misconceived,
tapered - acute, barbed, cusped, horned, horny, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, pointed, pronged, sharp-pointed, spiked, spiky, spiny, taper, tapering,
tongue-lashing - abuse, assault, attack, berating, contumely, diatribe, execration, invective, jawing, lecture, onslaught, philippic, piece, rating, rebuke,
run-down - brief, briefing, core, essence, flight plan, flying lessons, gist, main point, meat, pilot training, pith, recap, recapitulation, resume, run-through,
colour line - Jim Crow, apartheid, black power, chauvinism, discrimination, fascism, racism, segregation, sexism, xenophobia ,
be instrumental - act for, advance, assist, facilitate, forward, mediate, minister to, promote, serve ,
retain - absorb, balance, ballast, bear in mind, bespeak, book, bottle up, brief, brood over, cherish, cite, commission, conserve, contain, cork up,
in extremities - desperate, hard pressed, hard up, in extremis, pinched, straitened ,
convulsion - abdominal epilepsy, abscess, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, ague, amok, anaemia, apoplexy, arrest, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy,
sign for - assure, attest, back, bond, certify, confirm, endorse, ensure, guarantee, guaranty, insure, secure, sign, sponsor, stand behind,
escape route - back door, back stairs, back way, escape hatch, side door, underground ,
tongue-lashing - abuse, assault, attack, berating, contumely, diatribe, execration, invective, jawing, lecture, onslaught, philippic, piece, rating, rebuke,
run-down - brief, briefing, core, essence, flight plan, flying lessons, gist, main point, meat, pilot training, pith, recap, recapitulation, resume, run-through,
colour line - Jim Crow, apartheid, black power, chauvinism, discrimination, fascism, racism, segregation, sexism, xenophobia ,
be instrumental - act for, advance, assist, facilitate, forward, mediate, minister to, promote, serve ,
retain - absorb, balance, ballast, bear in mind, bespeak, book, bottle up, brief, brood over, cherish, cite, commission, conserve, contain, cork up,
in extremities - desperate, hard pressed, hard up, in extremis, pinched, straitened ,
convulsion - abdominal epilepsy, abscess, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, ague, amok, anaemia, apoplexy, arrest, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy,
sign for - assure, attest, back, bond, certify, confirm, endorse, ensure, guarantee, guaranty, insure, secure, sign, sponsor, stand behind,
escape route - back door, back stairs, back way, escape hatch, side door, underground ,