mislay

[The sandglass remenbers the time we mislay.

Laura Henderson: Well I didn't mislay him! It was most inconsiderate of Robert to die. What on earth am I supposed to do now?

I always mislay my keys and spend ages looking for them.

She tends to mislay important documents when she's in a rush.

It's easy to mislay small items in a cluttered room.

Try to keep track of your belongings so you don't mislay anything.

Don't mislay your passport when traveling abroad.

He mislaid his phone and had to retrace his steps to find it.

The professor often mislays his glasses and has to ask students to help him find them.

I mislaid my wallet at the restaurant, but luckily someone turned it in to the staff.

She mislaid her train ticket and had to buy a new one at the station.

If you mislay something, try to retrace your steps to where you last remember having it.

Unfortunately, he happened to have mislaid it.

The CDs containing the names and a copy made on a USB stick were “mislaid”, Mr Papaconstantinou told parliament.

It was, in effect, that the cook had mislaid the beef.

I'm sorry, I just...I seem to have mislaid the old Filofax.

" I see they've mislaid their spectacular patriot, " Grant said.

Mrs Petridis, have you mislaid a baby?

Harry didn't stop to chat; Neville appeared to have mislaid his book list and was being told off by his very formidable-looking grandmother.

Well, if you mislaid your watch (past tense), you put it somewhere and now you can't remember where it is.

She was ordering new curtains for the living-room and had mislaid the measurements, so she wanted Isabel to take them again.

On average, only 0.4 per cent of bags are delayed or mislaid at airports. Heathrow's reported level of failed " baggage connections" is around double that.