in the wrong
idiom
: in the position or situation of being wrong
We had an argument and each of us thinks that the other was in the wrong.
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Independent voters' views remain unchanged, with 70 percent saying the country is going in the wrong direction.
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Troopers quickly responded to the area and observed the vehicle traveling in the wrong direction on the I-95 north Exit 69 off-ramp, state police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
Yes, apologizing too much, for the wrong reasons or in the wrong ways destroys executive presence.
—Terina Allen, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
While case numbers do not yet show a larger problem than existed before the pandemic, the trend is headed in the wrong direction, especially since the county has been engaged in a tuberculosis elimination campaign since January 2020.
—Paul Sisson, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Troopers quickly responded to the area and observed the vehicle traveling in the wrong direction on the I-95 north Exit 69 off-ramp, state police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
Yes, apologizing too much, for the wrong reasons or in the wrong ways destroys executive presence.
—Terina Allen, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
While case numbers do not yet show a larger problem than existed before the pandemic, the trend is headed in the wrong direction, especially since the county has been engaged in a tuberculosis elimination campaign since January 2020.
—Paul Sisson, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
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“In the wrong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20wrong. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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