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 poll also showed that about 1 in 3 Republicans said the cost of living was going in the wrong direction.
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
Directed by Ugo Bienvenu, Arco revolves around a boy who uses rainbows to travel through time but then gets stuck in the wrong era.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2025
The post sparked a thoughtful discussion in the comments, with one user suggesting that neither party was necessarily in the wrong.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Tupac’s gun being visible signaled to the icon that the rapper wanted to embrace a certain image that his crew would embrace while influencing him in the wrong direction.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
Directed by Ugo Bienvenu, Arco revolves around a boy who uses rainbows to travel through time but then gets stuck in the wrong era.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2025
The post sparked a thoughtful discussion in the comments, with one user suggesting that neither party was necessarily in the wrong.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Tupac’s gun being visible signaled to the icon that the rapper wanted to embrace a certain image that his crew would embrace while influencing him in the wrong direction.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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“In the wrong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20wrong. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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