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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The driver of the van then drove onto the 405 Freeway in the wrong direction, striking several vehicles coming the other way before crashing into a semi-trailer cab near the Wilshire Boulevard onramp, police said.
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Every delay in building the state’s resilience to climate change moves California in the wrong direction and exacerbates the statewide risk of severe wildfires, flooding, landslides, chronic asthma and cancer from air pollution and property loss from rising sea levels.
—Bill Magavern, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Every delay in building the state’s resilience to climate change moves California in the wrong direction and exacerbates the statewide risk of severe wildfires, flooding, landslides, chronic asthma and cancer from air pollution and property loss from rising sea levels.
—Bill Magavern, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
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“In the wrong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20wrong. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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