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in the wrong
Idioms and Phrases
Mistaken, to blame. For example, The teacher was clearly in the wrong but refused to admit it , or Since he had driven straight through a red light, Jack was the one in the wrong . [c. 1400]Example Sentences
In a highly critical report, the independent Climate Change Committee says progress is "either too slow, has stalled, or is heading in the wrong direction".
For example, a new poll from Gallup shows that the American people feel that the economy is heading in the wrong direction and are less hopeful about the future.
“He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire,” Larson said in the video, which went viral, with outlets like the New York Post and pundits like Bill Maher using it to point out “questionable budget priorities” in liberal cities.
Fifty-two percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said their party's leadership is moving in the wrong direction, according to a CNN/SSRS poll conducted in mid-March, as opposed to 48% who said it is moving in the right direction.
Neighbours have described the warehouse as a "monstrosity" and "the wrong development, in the wrong location".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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