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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a very big mistake" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to emphasize the significance of an error or misjudgment in various contexts.
Example: "Not double-checking the figures before submission was a very big mistake that cost us the contract."
Alternatives: "a major error" or "a significant blunder."
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Capello calls outburst "a very big mistake".
"And it's a very big mistake to try.
And in the improvisation you trip up and make a very big mistake".
"But this latest one was a very big mistake," he continued.
"A big mistake, Peter, a very big mistake," Mandela told Peter Hain, then serving in cabinet.
"And I reiterate my belief that you're making a very big mistake.
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But nary a glimmer of mercy is accorded Mrs. Johnson Ms. Lightt), a high school English teacher who is clearly going to suffer, suffer, suffer until she dies for a single — albeit very big — mistake.
"None of the HIV resources went to cancer a very big mistake," he says.
Capello has accused Terry of making 'a very big mistake' in his choice of how to address the issues that have arisen.
This is the very big mistake," he said on British television.
Sending Alan Duncan - rather than a more emollient figure - into battle in an attempt at savaging the defector was a very big Tory mistake.
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