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How you may draw back, wanting time: mistakenly (2,5)

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in error

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'mistakenly' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for in error that I've seen before include "Wrong" , "Mistaken" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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