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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
Her family's lawyers said they had received a written admission of substandard surgery after screws on her hip joints, meant to improve her mobility, were inserted in the wrong place and did not properly connect to the bone.
That terrible and avoidable incident is a context that no movie should have to bear, even if the thematic matter of 鈥淩ust鈥 鈥 violence鈥檚 aftermath, atonement鈥檚 hard road and, yes, loaded guns in the wrong hands 鈥 makes this cursed production鈥檚 release, three and a half years after Hutchins鈥 death, feel more like a solemn performance at a wake than a work to be accepted on its own terms.
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.
鈥淗e got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire,鈥 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 鈥渜uestionable budget priorities鈥 in liberal cities.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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