mistaken identity
noun/mɪˌsteɪkən aɪˈdentəti/
/mɪˌsteɪkən aɪˈdentəti/
[uncountable, countable]- a situation in which you think wrongly that you recognize somebody or have found the person you are looking for
- He was shot in what seems to have been a case of mistaken identity.
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