get (someone or something) wrong
idiom
: to fail to understand (someone or something) correctly
She got the instructions wrong.
Don't get me wrong—I like his parents. They're just a little too strict.
You've got it all wrong! That's not how it's done.
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Here’s what those who see ignorance as a virtue get wrong.
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Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2018
What do most people on the outside get wrong about comics?
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2024
Contemplate what the philosophers get wrong about the nature of time.
—Cora Frazier, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
In all the mythology, what do people still get wrong about them?
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2024
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Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2018
What do most people on the outside get wrong about comics?
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2024
Contemplate what the philosophers get wrong about the nature of time.
—Cora Frazier, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
In all the mythology, what do people still get wrong about them?
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for get (someone or something) wrong
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