get the wrong idea

idiom

: to misunderstand someone

I think he made a mistake, but don't get the wrong idea, I still think he has done a good job overall.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Just in case readers get the wrong idea: No eating or drinking is allowed in the galleries. —Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023

Runners who are new to its topography might get the wrong idea at the start, thanks to an opening chunk of Route 135 that unspools toward Ashland, Mass. —Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023

Don't get the wrong idea here. —Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2023

The reading public might get the wrong idea. —Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2022

Please don’t get the wrong idea. —Jason Gay, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2022

Sometimes people get the wrong idea about me, too. —Jen Wang, Vogue, 10 May 2022

Don’t get the wrong idea — this isn’t about being warm and fuzzy. —James Mayo, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2022

Now, don’t get the wrong idea about the Cowboys’ attitude. —Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2021

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